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

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Frost.
(d) Nietzsche.

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

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

5. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Larger than life.
(b) Pure fiction.
(c) Creations of language itself.
(d) Purely literary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

3. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?

4. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

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

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