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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. Burton discusses that exercising the ______ is a cure for melancholy.
(a) Mouth.
(b) Soul.
(c) Body.
(d) Mind.

2. Burton believes that rectification of _____ is a cure for melancholy.
(a) Evil.
(b) Air.
(c) Flaws.
(d) Land.

3. According to Christianity, good brings forth _____.
(a) Blessings.
(b) Warnings.
(c) Good.
(d) God.

4. Burton believes that distance from _______ causes change in skin color.
(a) Youth.
(b) The equator.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) God.

5. Burton uses Antony and Cleopatra as an example of the _______ of passion.
(a) Temperancence.
(b) Power.
(c) Calamities.
(d) Falsehoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can one prevent love, according to Burton?

2. Burton uses the symbolism of ______ to describe love.

3. According to Burton, what is the strongest sign of love?

4. Burton discusses that the most unfortunate trials of two deeply in love are _____.

5. Burton writes that the power of love should not be _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are legal ways to cure melancholy? Why doe Burton consider them legal?

2. According to Burton, what are the most severe symptoms of love?

3. According to Burton, do challenges help cure melancholy? Why or why not?

4. Does Burton regard love as a positive or negative thing? Explain.

5. Are Burton's ways of curing melancholy fairly black and white? What are his cures dependent on?

6. What are the three basic types of love Burton expresses?

7. Why does Burton advise rituals as a means for curing melancholy?

8. According to Burton, can speech cure melancholy? Why or why not?

9. Why did Alcibiades frequently get into trouble?

10. In Chapter 12, Burton describes a wanton man. Does this man actually love women he is with? Why or why not?

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