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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burton believes some see angels and demons as ____.
(a) Imaginary.
(b) Evil.
(c) High society.
(d) Holy.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Burton's discussions about the soul and sensitive soul are based on _______.
(a) Democritus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) An anonymous contributor.
(d) Plato.

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

10. Burton describes "______" victims as people who suffer by no wrongdoing of their own.
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Fake.
(d) Real.

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

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

13. Burton sees destruction by natural disasters as _______.
(a) Permanent.
(b) Minor.
(c) Temporary.
(d) Unimportant.

14. Where is the melancholic humor produced?
(a) The stomach.
(b) The spleen.
(c) The kidney.
(d) The lung.

15. What kind of water does Burton believe is better to drink?
(a) Running.
(b) Still.
(c) Sparkling.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?

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

3. What do some claim humanoid demons are adept at?

4. How many ranks does Burton have for evil spirits?

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

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