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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. Aside from the common person, Burton's audience includes _____.

2. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.

3. According to Burton, for how long have there been beliefs about angles and demons?

4. What is the nature of the choler humor?

5. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does someone with lycanthropy appear?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Does Burton have a thorough understanding of the human body?

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

9. How does Burton differentiate types of melancholy?

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

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

Discuss Burton's use of visuals and diagrams to explain concepts in "The Anatomy of Melancholy."

Essay Topic 3

Burton suggests cures for melancholy. Discuss how Burton's cures connect science, religion, and logic and the feasibility and origin of such cures.

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