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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Remedies Against Discontents.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Burton believe humanoid demons appear?
(a) Like aliens.
(b) Like beautiful children.
(c) Like demons.
(d) Like normal humans.

2. Burton thinks a dietary problem is _____.
(a) An internal cause for melancholy.
(b) A mental cause for melancholy.
(c) A social cause for melancholy.
(d) A pre-exising cause for melancholy.

3. According to Burton, thoughts on demons are built on ____.
(a) Folk tales.
(b) History.
(c) Speculation.
(d) Fact.

4. Burton says not to consult ____ for curing melancholy.
(a) Strangers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Saints.
(d) One's parents.

5. Where do people with lycanthropy spend their time?
(a) In bed.
(b) In graveyards.
(c) In hospitals.
(d) In caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of speech does Burton believe is most helpful to cure melancholy?

2. Burton offers a recipe cure of fasting and boiled _____.

3. Through what method are religion and science able to coexist?

4. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?

5. Burton agrees with divine justice in that ____ causes suffering.

(see the answer key)

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