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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of interpretations of "Midsummer Night's Dream" does Bloom say he resents?
(a) Interpretations that minimize the war of the sexes.
(b) Interpretations that over-sexualize the play.
(c) Interpretations that treat the play as a political drama.
(d) Interpretations that turn the play into a dark spectacle.

2. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?
(a) Physical lust.
(b) Fear of cuckolding.
(c) Political ambition.
(d) Religious longing.

3. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are arbitrary.
(b) That they are proto-human.
(c) That they are super-human.
(d) That they are archetypes.

4. What does Bloom say brings Anthony back to Cleopatra?
(a) Sexual lust.
(b) Lust for power.
(c) Hostility to Caesar.
(d) Dependency on Cleopatra.

5. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
(a) They reconcile.
(b) They die.
(c) They negotiate peace.
(d) They depart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?

2. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

4. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?

5. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

(see the answer key)

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