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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?
(a) History plays.
(b) Characters with inner lives.
(c) Characters who lived a world with modern weaponry.
(d) Tragicomedies.

2. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?
(a) A love song.
(b) A dirge.
(c) A fable.
(d) A sonnet.

3. Who was NOT a contemporary of Shakespeare's?
(a) Christopher Marlowe.
(b) William Chaucer.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) John Fletcher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?

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

3. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

4. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

5. How does "Henry VI" end?

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