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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If one experiences headaches, Burton believes his melancholy condition might be ______ related.
(a) Health.
(b) Mentally.
(c) Biologically.
(d) Spiritually.

3. Burton's views of airy and fiery spirits are related to ______.
(a) Age.
(b) God.
(c) Economy.
(d) Weather.

4. If one experiences despondency, Burton believes his condition might be ______ related.
(a) Spiritually.
(b) Family.
(c) Health.
(d) Society.

5. What does Burton believe are the first formed parts of the body?
(a) The heart.
(b) The soul.
(c) The spermatical.
(d) The eyes.

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

7. The most serious forms of melancholy can be _______.
(a) Frightening.
(b) Entertaining.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Deadly.

8. Burton explains there are natural and _______ causes for melancholy.
(a) Imagined.
(b) Comical.
(c) Serious.
(d) Supernatural.

9. What is Burton doing with the work of Democritus?
(a) Disproving it.
(b) Glorifying it.
(c) Undermininging it.
(d) Further developing it.

10. What kinds of ideas does Burton believe deities personify?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Necessary.

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

12. The most minor form of melancholy is a tendency towards _______ and sadness.
(a) Anger.
(b) Seriousness.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Sickness.

13. Burton believes devils are to plagues as airborne particles are to _______.
(a) Disease.
(b) Rain.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Pollution.

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

15. Which answer is not Burton's objective for writing "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?
(a) To change thought.
(b) To gain fame.
(c) To entertain.
(d) To disprove phychologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are Democritus's thoughts prevalent?

2. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.

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

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

5. What is Burton's first step to correcting melancholy?

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