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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Their master.
(b) Their servants.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their long lost twins.

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

4. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Political visions.
(b) Oedipal urges.
(c) Sadomasochism.
(d) Self-reflection.

5. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Memory.
(c) Culture.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?

2. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?

4. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

5. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

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