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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Cures of Love - Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the anecdote in Chapter 13 meant to discuss about women?
(a) Their beauty.
(b) Their ups and downs.
(c) Their secrets.
(d) Their flaws.

2. What is Burton's second step to correcting melancholy?
(a) Suing someone.
(b) Renovating one's life.
(c) Getting more sleep.
(d) Finding out the cause.

3. Someone with lycanthropy has ______ eyes.
(a) Bright.
(b) Hollow.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. What does Burton believe is a subtle substance produced by the body?
(a) Warmth.
(b) An aura.
(c) The spirit.
(d) Happiness.

5. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?
(a) They change.
(b) The get worse.
(c) They go away.
(d) They remain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton explains the causes of human ailments are _______.

2. What kind of people does Burton cite as causing melancholy in Chapter 8?

3. From Burton's view, _____, madness, and melancholy are distinct.

4. Burton writes, "...doth Cupids fire provoke tears from a _____ lover's eyes."

5. Burton believes some see angels and demons as ____.

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