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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Bloom say Iachino in "Cymbeline" resembles?
(a) Lady Macbeth.
(b) Iago.
(c) Othello.
(d) Macbeth.

3. What does Iachino want from Imogen?
(a) To convince her to betray her husband's political power.
(b) To marry her.
(c) To make her queen.
(d) To seduce her or see her killed.

4. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?
(a) A lamentable error.
(b) A distortion of history.
(c) A parody of himself.
(d) A monstrosity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?

3. Whose appearance marks a shift in Act IV of "Winter's Tale"?

4. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?

(see the answer key)

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