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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 Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) As Shakespeare's least organized play.
(b) As Shakespeare's longest, most complicated play.
(c) As Shakespeare's most playful play.
(d) As Shakespeare's most unified play.

2. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Forced him to return to original material.
(b) Showed him the limits of evil.
(c) Purged his imagination of Marlowe.
(d) Turned him toward poetry, and away from the stage.

3. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) "The Tempest".
(b) "Hamlet".
(c) "All's Well That Ends Well".
(d) "Love's Labour's Lost".

4. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".
(b) Edmund in "King Lear".
(c) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(d) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".

5. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

2. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?

3. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

4. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

5. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?

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