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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 does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?

2. Burton explains that most see the nature of demons as being _____.

3. What kind of water does Burton believe is better to drink?

4. How does Burton believe humanoid demons appear?

5. What does Burton see as the current status of angels and demons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Burton differentiate types of melancholy?

3. How does someone with lycanthropy appear?

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

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

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

7. Are Burton's comments on diet familiar to North American readers? Why or why not?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss where the conclusion of "The Anatomy of Melancholy" leaves the reader; what's the objective of this book?

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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