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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 does Helena conceive Bertram's child?
(a) By tricking him.
(b) She is raped by him.
(c) She seduces him.
(d) She marries him.

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

3. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(b) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.
(c) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(d) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.

4. What does Bloom say love causes in "King Lear"?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Justice.

5. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?
(a) Aristotle's.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Nietzsche's.
(d) Hegel's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?

2. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

3. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

4. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?

5. What important character does Bloom say Iago influenced?

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