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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Play.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Truth.

2. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(b) They are both larger than life.
(c) They are both sons of kings.
(d) They are both paralyzed by doubts.

3. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) That love is always ultimately destructive.
(b) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(c) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.
(d) That for men, women are all the same in the dark.

4. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?
(a) The excess of self-consciousness in the characters.
(b) The improbability of Lady Anne's seduction.
(c) The lack of strong motivations for Richard.
(d) The lack of inner dialogue.

5. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?
(a) Launce.
(b) Silvia.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Valentine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say in response to the criticism that Shakespeare copied Hamlet from other sources?

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

3. What does critic Marc Shell say Shakespeare is criticizing in Angelo's strict enforcement of law in 'Measure for Measure'?

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

5. Whose skepticism does Bloom describe behind Hamlet's philosophizing?

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