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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) History.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Farce.
(d) Tragedy.

3. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?
(a) Harold Bloom.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

4. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) The Canterbury Tales.
(d) The Bible.

5. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?
(a) With a battle.
(b) With a murder.
(c) With a play within a play.
(d) With a marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

2. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?

3. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?

4. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

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

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