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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Burton believes God is _____ to punish people.
(a) Free.
(b) Happy.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Reluctant.

3. Burton believes people can carry on relationships with the dead through ______.
(a) Family.
(b) Angels.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Memories.

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

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

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

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

8. Many writers call melancholy a form of ______.
(a) Coping.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Madness.
(d) Love.

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

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

11. What is the appearance of the melancholic humor?
(a) It's warm.
(b) It's dark.
(c) It's dry.
(d) It's clear.

12. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?
(a) It's dry.
(b) It's cold.
(c) It's pink.
(d) It's warm.

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

14. Burton believes actions of idleness and excessive ______ often cause depression.
(a) Socializing.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Study.

15. What does Burton believe is the only way the Devil can punish humans?
(a) If they are loyal to him.
(b) If they are being tested.
(c) With God's permission.
(d) If they've done something wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton explains there are natural and _______ causes for melancholy.

2. How does Burton begin discussing his methodology for dealing with melancholy in Chapter 2?

3. What culture describes people gaining power and control through spirit possession?

4. If one experiences headaches, Burton believes his melancholy condition might be ______ related.

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

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