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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?
(a) Plotting and manipulations.
(b) Brute masculine force.
(c) The indifference of nature.
(d) Female intellect and humor.

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

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

5. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Tybalt.
(b) Lords Capulet and Montague.
(c) Mercutio and the Nurse.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?

2. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

3. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?

4. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?

5. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?

(see the answer key)

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