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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?
(a) Later villains.
(b) More complex histories.
(c) More believable female characters.
(d) More self-reflective heroes.

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 outrageous than Barabas.
(d) He is more hateful 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 fulfilling his characters' desires.
(c) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(d) By developing his characters' personalities.

4. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Creations of language itself.
(b) Purely literary.
(c) Larger than life.
(d) Pure fiction.

5. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?
(a) The Marlovian influence.
(b) The soliloquies.
(c) The seduction scene.
(d) The battle scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?

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

3. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

4. How does "Henry VI" end?

5. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?

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