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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are lycanthrops during the day?

2. In Burton's opinion, what is the negative side of large-scale diseases and disasters?

3. What is chylus derived from?

4. What organ does chylus emerge from?

5. Burton describes "______" victims as people who suffer by no wrongdoing of their own.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two different schools of thought on demons discussed by Burton? What do these groups have in common?

2. How does Burton perceive the natures of people with a fiery temperament?

3. Why are stage magicians, witches, and sorcerers lower in Burton's ranking system?

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

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

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

7. How does someone with lycanthropy appear?

8. What are Burton's ideas about symptoms and cures of illnesses? Are these ideas accepted today?

9. Why does Burton want to further the ideas of Democritus?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Burton explains that his predecessors in medicine and philosophy laid the foundations for his findings. Discuss how Burton develops others' work. Whose work is "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?

Essay Topic 2

Burton discusses several causes of melancholy, from the genetic to the supernatural. Discuss Burton's opinion of human afflictions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how love incorporates and leads to melancholy, based on the information given in "The Anatomy of Melancholy."

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