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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why do some believe demons can be classified together?
(a) Because they believe everything is atoms.
(b) Because they are variations on the same thing.
(c) Because demons will be angry.
(d) Because they're unimportant.

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

5. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.
(a) Joking.
(b) Communicating.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Coping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?

2. What is Burton's third step to correcting melancholy?

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

4. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?

5. What does Burton see as the current status of angels and demons?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does someone with lycanthropy appear?

2. In Burton's opinion, what is the popular view of "victims" today?

3. What specifically about "melancholy" does Burton wish to discuss?

4. Are Burton's advisories on food still tied to religion? Explain.

5. What does Burton speculate is the origin of an unknown cause of melancholy?

6. What does Burton recognize is the cause for some gaining the label of an angel or demon?

7. What is Burton's methodology for dealing with affliction in melancholy?

8. Where do Burton's ideas of the human body stem from?

9. According to Burton, is he the author of this work on melancholy? Why or why not?

10. Why does Burton discuss the medical background of melancholy in Chapter 4?

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