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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. Aside from magnitude, Burton discusses _____.
(a) Society.
(b) Treatment.
(c) History.
(d) Myths.

2. Burton agrees with divine justice in that ____ causes suffering.
(a) Fear.
(b) Age.
(c) Idleness.
(d) Sin.

3. Burton identifies wild ______ as the most chronic cause of human ailments.
(a) Disease.
(b) Behavior.
(c) Children.
(d) Weather.

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

5. What kinds of ideas does Burton believe deities personify?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Familiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some claim humanoid demons are adept at?

2. How does Burton regard those who claim they have melancholy?

3. Burton thinks a dietary problem is _____.

4. The most minor form of melancholy is a tendency towards _______ and sadness.

5. In Burton's opinion, what is the benefit of large-scale disasters and diseases?

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