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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their lovers' nurses and friends.
(c) Death.
(d) Their culture's mores.

2. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
(a) As a buffoon.
(b) As a comic villain.
(c) As evil incarnate.
(d) As a diminutive Barabas.

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

4. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?
(a) Falstaff.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Caliban.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?

2. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?

3. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?

4. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?

5. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

(see the answer key)

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