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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 24-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character flaw does Bloom say runs through Othello?
(a) His susceptibility to Iago seems out of place for a military leaders.
(b) His expressiveness seems to be out of sync with his blind rages.
(c) His passivity with Desdemona seems to be out of sync with his military prowess.
(d) His jealousy seems out of sync with his love for Desdemona.

2. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A battle of the sexes.
(b) A festive comedy.
(c) A disguised political satire.
(d) A screwball comedy.

3. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(b) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(c) By fulfilling his characters' desires.
(d) By developing his characters' personalities.

4. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Measure for Measure"?
(a) A concession to necessity.
(b) Resplendently happy.
(c) Barely happy.
(d) Miserable.

5. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) That for men, women are all the same in the dark.
(b) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(c) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.
(d) That love is always ultimately destructive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

2. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?

3. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?

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

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

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