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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Causes of Melancholy - the Demonaic causes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.
(a) Joking.
(b) Communicating.
(c) Coping.
(d) Criticism.

2. How does Burton regard those who claim they have melancholy?
(a) There is something else wrong.
(b) They should be shunned.
(c) They're pretending.
(d) They aren't faking.

3. What does Burton credit as the cause of inexplicable melancholy?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Genetics.
(d) God.

4. What do some claim humanoid demons are adept at?
(a) Art.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Deception.
(d) Flattery.

5. Burton thinks demons may be references to _______.
(a) The Devil.
(b) Actual people.
(c) Fantasies.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton describes "______" victims as people who suffer by no wrongdoing of their own.

2. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.

3. What does Burton see as the current status of angels and demons?

4. How does Burton believe humanoid demons appear?

5. Burton explains that urine, sweat, and ______ are also important for the body.

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