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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The First Partition : Chapter 4, More on Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Burton thinks a dietary problem is _____.
(a) A mental cause for melancholy.
(b) A social cause for melancholy.
(c) An internal cause for melancholy.
(d) A pre-exising cause for melancholy.

2. Burton regards all magnitudes of melancholy as _______.
(a) Overrated.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Debilitating.
(d) Uncommon.

3. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.
(a) Contentious.
(b) Hyped.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Irrelevant.

4. Who is the target for Burton's book?
(a) His peers.
(b) Histrical figures.
(c) Modern people.
(d) Democritus.

5. When are Democritus's thoughts prevalent?
(a) Never.
(b) Ancient times.
(c) Today.
(d) The medieval period.

Short Answer Questions

1. The most minor form of melancholy is a tendency towards _______ and sadness.

2. If one experiences headaches, Burton believes his melancholy condition might be ______ related.

3. Someone with lycanthropy has ______ eyes.

4. Burton identifies wild ______ as the most chronic cause of human ailments.

5. Someone with lycanthropy has _______ legs.

(see the answer key)

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