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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. Physician Alexander Benedictus suggests ______ remedies for love.

2. Burton cites Plato, who discusses the _______ of love.

3. Burton warns that ______ can be used to entice love.

4. Burton gives examples of women following their husbands to war. Why did women do this?

5. How steadfast is the wanton man?

Short Essay Questions

1. To Burton, is love curable?

2. Why did Alcibiades frequently get into trouble?

3. Why does Burton advise rituals as a means for curing melancholy?

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

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

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

7. Does Burton regard love as a positive or negative thing? Explain.

8. According to Burton, why don't nuns sleep in their own beds?

9. In Chapter 12, Burton describes a wanton man. Does this man actually love women he is with? Why or why not?

10. According to Burton, how can the Goddess of Virginity be corrupted?

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, understanding, and beliefs of science. What defines his scientific view? Does "The Anatomy of Melancholy" rely on science?

Essay Topic 3

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

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