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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.
(b) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(c) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(d) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.

2. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) Shakespeare's most perfect play.
(b) Nietzschean.
(c) A disorganized jumble.
(d) A Biblical comedy.

3. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) As convoluted.
(b) As fantasy.
(c) As weak.
(d) As inaccurate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?

2. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?

3. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

4. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?

5. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?

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