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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?
(a) As alternatively over-done or undefined.
(b) As alternatively crisp or incoherent.
(c) As alternatively melodramatic and gut-wrenching.
(d) As alternatively funny or horrifying.

2. What is Richard III's most famous line?
(a) My kingdom for a horse.
(b) A rose by any other name would be as sweet.
(c) To be or not to be.
(d) Is this a dagger I see before me?

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

4. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?
(a) Silvia.
(b) Proteus' dog.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Valentine.

5. Who is Faulconbridge's father?
(a) King John.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Henry VI.
(d) Richard the Lion Hearted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?

2. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?

3. Which term describes Kate's speech about the proper behavior of a wife toward a husband?

4. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

5. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

(see the answer key)

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