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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Burton believe the effect of idleness is?
(a) Memory loss.
(b) Love.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Melancholy.

2. Where do people with lycanthropy spend their time?
(a) In graveyards.
(b) In bed.
(c) In caves.
(d) In hospitals.

3. What kinds of ideas does Burton believe deities personify?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Abstract.

4. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.
(a) Comfort.
(b) Blessing.
(c) Habit.
(d) Curse.

5. Burton sees destruction by natural disasters as _______.
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Minor.
(d) Permanent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the target for Burton's book?

2. What culture describes people gaining power and control through spirit possession?

3. Burton thinks demons may be references to _______.

4. Burton agrees with divine justice in that ____ causes suffering.

5. What makes melancholy of special interest to Democritus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burton claim are facts about spirits and demons?

2. According to Burton, what is the origin of angels and demons? What is their purpose?

3. How does Burton perceive the natures of people with a fiery temperament?

4. What is the purpose of the humors of the body?

5. In Burton's opinion, what is the popular view of "victims" today?

6. Why would someone act as though they had lycanthropy?

7. How does God punish humans, according to Burton's beliefs?

8. To Burton, what constitutes an "external cause" of melancholy?

9. What is "divine justice"?

10. What is the nature of a humanoid spirit, according to Burton?

(see the answer keys)

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