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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 variation in skin color, Burton discusses how ______contributes to variation.

2. Alcibiades' troubles were from his bad diet and ______.

3. According to Christianity, good brings forth _____.

4. Burton calls different races a ______.

5. What kind of speech does Burton believe is most helpful to cure melancholy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the diagram at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. Why does Burton believe idleness causes melancholy via love?

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

4. According to Burton, do challenges help cure melancholy? Why or why not?

5. Does Burton believe men are always faithful to the women they love?

6. Does Burton regard beauty as positive or negative in terms of love? Explain.

7. According to Burton, what are the most severe symptoms of love?

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

9. According to Burton, between which types of people can love emerge?

10. Why did Alcibiades frequently get into trouble?

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare the thought expressed in "The Anatomy of Melancholy" to the accepted and rejected thoughts on love, illness, and melancholy today.

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