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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. Divine justice suggests people have ______ control over what happens to them.
(a) Absolute.
(b) Minimal.
(c) No.
(d) A lot.

2. Burton explains that urine, sweat, and ______ are also important for the body.
(a) Muscles.
(b) Germs.
(c) Skin.
(d) Tears.

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

4. Burton believes people can carry on relationships with the dead through ______.
(a) Angels.
(b) Memories.
(c) Family.
(d) Prayer.

5. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" addresses two conditions: unhappiness and ________.
(a) Passiveness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Clinical depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Someone with lycanthropy has ______ eyes.

2. Burton believes devils are to plagues as airborne particles are to _______.

3. Burton identifies wild ______ as the most chronic cause of human ailments.

4. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.

5. What is Burton doing with the work of Democritus?

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