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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. In Chapter 12, Burton focuses on how _______ causes love melancholy.

2. What does Burton claim is the benefit of chamomile?

3. What does the anecdote in Chapter 13 meant to discuss about women?

4. Burton suggests ____ as a distraction and cure for melancholy.

5. Burton believes different races developed as a result of adapting to ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Is religion a potential cause for melancholy? How does Burton make the connection?

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

3. How does Christianity aid Burton's arguments for cures in Chapter 10?

4. Does Burton believe love is avoidable? What are his suggestions?

5. What does Burton believe would happen if two young people were placed together?

6. Why did Alcibiades frequently get into trouble?

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

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

9. According to Burton, do all symptoms of love appear positive? Can love be mistaken for something else?

10. In Chapter 14, how highly does Burton regard love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Burton often refers to God and religion in terms of causing and curing melancholy. Discuss Burton's idea of religion in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Especially in his discussions of love, Burton regularly addresses the feeling of "fear." Discuss how Burton examines fear and how this emotion is woven into melancholy.

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