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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a saint.
(b) As a maternal figure.
(c) As a whore/heroine.
(d) As a sly, manipulative woman.

2. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?
(a) As the strongest of Shakespeare's women.
(b) As a bore.
(c) As the summit of selfishness.
(d) As an inexhaustible character.

3. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Dr. Pinch.
(b) Dromio.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Antipholus.

4. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the first Shakespearean character.
(d) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say he suspects Shakespeare of, in "Henry V"?

2. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

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

4. What does the character Timon of Athens do to his guests?

5. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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