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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. Aside from the common person, Burton's audience includes _____.
(a) Children.
(b) People with melancholy.
(c) Future generations.
(d) Physicians.

2. How does chylus aid the body?
(a) It keeps it young.
(b) It keeps it strong.
(c) It keeps it hydrated.
(d) It keeps it lubricated.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under special conditions, what does Burton claim humanoid demons share with humans?

2. In divine justice, why do bad things happen to people?

3. Where are lycanthrops during the day?

4. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?

5. In Burton's opinion, what is the benefit of large-scale disasters and diseases?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does someone with lycanthropy appear?

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

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

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

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

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

8. According to Burton, what is the origin of angels and demons? What is their purpose?

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

10. How does Burton view his inferiority or superiority to Democritus?

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