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

2. Burton believe people who arrive with technology are seen as ____.
(a) Con artists.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Demons.
(d) Gods.

3. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?
(a) They remain.
(b) The get worse.
(c) They change.
(d) They go away.

4. What is the life span of humanoid demons?
(a) 10-15 years.
(b) 700-800 years.
(c) 1,000-2,000 years.
(d) 85-95 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Burton categorize types of melancholy?

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

3. Where are lycanthrops during the day?

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

5. When are Democritus's thoughts prevalent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, do people have absolute control over what happens to them?

5. To Burton, what constitutes an "external cause" of melancholy?

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

7. In Burton's opinion, where does the melancholic humor come from? What is its character?

8. What is the purpose of the humors of the body?

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

10. What is the nature of a humanoid spirit, according to Burton?

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