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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 does Bloom say is the problem with the character of Coriolanus?
(a) The viewer does not know Coriolanus' reasons for surrendering.
(b) We do not know Voluminia's thoughts about her son's treason.
(c) Coriolanus does not explain why he fought against Rome.
(d) Coriolanus' death is not dramatized.

2. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?
(a) Complex plotting.
(b) Loveable characters.
(c) Verbal fireworks.
(d) Subtlety of inner dialogue.

3. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?
(a) Its tight plot.
(b) Its dramatization of bullying.
(c) Its betrayal.
(d) Its love story.

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

5. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?
(a) As an inexhaustible character.
(b) As a bore.
(c) As the summit of selfishness.
(d) As the strongest of Shakespeare's women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say he suspects Shakespeare of, in "Henry V"?

2. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

3. What does the character Timon of Athens do to his guests?

4. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

5. In what way does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" could be considered funny?

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