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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. What is the appearance of the melancholic humor?

2. How does Burton believe humanoid demons appear?

3. Burton thinks demons may be references to _______.

4. What is the nature of the choler humor?

5. In divine justice, whose wrongdoings do people suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is "divine justice"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Burton spends a majority of "The Anatomy of Melancholy" discussing love. Discuss Burton's ideas on the nature of love.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Burton discusses the nature of love and attraction and acknowledges his understanding is that of a man. Discuss the affect of the male point of view in the book.

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