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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. Burton explains there are ____ basic ways people love each other.
(a) Infinite.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What is chylus derived from?
(a) Eating vegetables.
(b) Studying.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Eating meat.

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

4. In Burton's opinion, what is the negative side of large-scale diseases and disasters?
(a) It's inevitable.
(b) It's tragic.
(c) It's dramatic.
(d) It's expensive.

5. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?
(a) Medicine and hygiene.
(b) Less children.
(c) Better food.
(d) Less trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Divine justice suggests people have ______ control over what happens to them.

2. What does Burton credit as the cause of inexplicable melancholy?

3. Burton thinks comedy is ______.

4. What does Alexander recommend as a cure for melancholy?

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

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