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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being born.
(b) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.
(c) With Henry VI being crowned.
(d) With Henry VI being married.

2. How does Bloom characterize "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Top-heavy.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Bittersweet.
(d) Heart-breaking.

3. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
(a) As a diminutive Barabas.
(b) As a buffoon.
(c) As evil incarnate.
(d) As a comic villain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

2. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

3. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?

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

5. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?

(see the answer key)

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