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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) "Love's Labour's Lost".
(b) "The Tempest".
(c) "All's Well That Ends Well".
(d) "Hamlet".

2. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?
(a) Shakespeare's sonnets.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) Henry IV.

3. What quality endears Faulconbridge to Bloom?
(a) The ability to excuse himself from every wrongdoing.
(b) The ability to get what he wants from other people.
(c) The ability to see his own mind in action.
(d) The ability to discern the weaknesses of others.

4. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her adult self.
(d) Her masculine self.

5. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Ideal.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Pragmatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?

2. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

3. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?

4. What does Bloom say T. S. Eliot says about "Hamlet"?

5. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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