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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does critic Marc Shell say Shakespeare is criticizing in Angelo's strict enforcement of law in 'Measure for Measure'?
(a) The royal family's peccadilloes.
(b) The Puritans' ineffective morality campaigns.
(c) Hypocrisy in the government's morality campaigns.
(d) The notion of law and order at all.

2. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more compassionate than Barabas.
(b) He is more believable than Barabas.
(c) He is more hateful than Barabas.
(d) He is more outrageous than Barabas.

3. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(b) By developing his characters' personalities.
(c) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(d) By fulfilling his characters' desires.

4. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's honor.
(b) His father's power.
(c) His father's philosophy.
(d) His father's estate.

5. To whom does Bloom characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Iago.
(d) Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?

2. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Romeo and Juliet"?

4. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?

5. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

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