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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Democritus provids the _____ viewpoint of melancholy.
(a) Best.
(b) Fictionalized.
(c) Outrageous.
(d) Average.

2. In divine justice, whose wrongdoings do people suffer from?
(a) God's.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Their own.
(d) Their family's.

3. What organ does chylus emerge from?
(a) The heart.
(b) The kidney.
(c) The liver.
(d) The lung.

4. In Chapter 8, Burton discusses how _____ affect melancholia.
(a) Money.
(b) Stars.
(c) Silence.
(d) Weather.

5. Burton is careful not to ______ too much knowledge on the reader.
(a) Invent.
(b) Impose.
(c) Contradict.
(d) Presuppose.

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

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

8. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.
(a) Habit.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Curse.
(d) Blessing.

9. How does Burton categorize types of melancholy?
(a) By the duration.
(b) By people's reactions.
(c) By the cause.
(d) By the symptoms.

10. What kind of people does Burton cite as causing melancholy in Chapter 8?
(a) Friends.
(b) Witches.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Mothers.

11. Burton regards all magnitudes of melancholy as _______.
(a) Uncommon.
(b) Debilitating.
(c) Supernatural.
(d) Overrated.

12. Through what method are religion and science able to coexist?
(a) Sociological.
(b) Their supporters.
(c) A contract.
(d) Accepted differences.

13. Burton explains the causes of human ailments are _______.
(a) Unavoidable.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Innumerable.
(d) Predictable.

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

15. According to Burton, for how long have there been beliefs about angles and demons?
(a) Millennia.
(b) A couple decades.
(c) It's a new development.
(d) Since he was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. One school of thought on demons believes they are diverse and shouldn't be ____.

2. Burton explains that urine, sweat, and ______ are also important for the body.

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

4. Who is the target for Burton's book?

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

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