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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, First Partition : Chapter 3, Melancholia Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If one experiences headaches, Burton believes his melancholy condition might be ______ related.
(a) Mentally.
(b) Health.
(c) Spiritually.
(d) Biologically.

2. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" addresses two conditions: unhappiness and ________.
(a) Anger.
(b) Passiveness.
(c) Clinical depression.
(d) Sadness.

3. The most minor form of melancholy is a tendency towards _______ and sadness.
(a) Seriousness.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Indifference.

4. How does Burton categorize types of melancholy?
(a) By the cause.
(b) By people's reactions.
(c) By the duration.
(d) By the symptoms.

5. In divine justice, whose wrongdoings do people suffer from?
(a) Their own.
(b) Criminals.
(c) God's.
(d) Their family's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the connection of Democritus and Democritus Junior?

2. The most serious forms of melancholy can be _______.

3. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Burton explains _____ is a large component of melancholy.

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

(see the answer key)

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