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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do some claim humanoid demons are adept at?
(a) Art.
(b) Deception.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Conversation.

3. Divine justice suggests people have ______ control over what happens to them.
(a) A lot.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Minimal.
(d) No.

4. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" addresses two conditions: unhappiness and ________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Clinical depression.
(d) Passiveness.

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

6. Many believe that lycanthropy is a form of _______.
(a) Delusion.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Fear.
(d) Entertainment.

7. What does Burton believe the effect of idleness is?
(a) Memory loss.
(b) Love.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Poverty.

8. What is the nature of the choler humor?
(a) It's moist.
(b) It's rare.
(c) It's yellow.
(d) It's warm.

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

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

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

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

13. How many ranks does Burton have for evil spirits?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

15. What does Burton believe happens to an illness if symptoms are alleviated?
(a) The illness goes away.
(b) The illness remains.
(c) The illness gets worse.
(d) The illness changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what inevitability does Burton observe as a cause for melancholy?

2. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.

3. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?

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

5. A sufferer of lycanthropy believes he is _____.

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