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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Antipholus.
(b) Dr. Pinch.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Dromio.

2. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Malvolio.
(c) Cesario.
(d) Orsini.

3. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?
(a) That he is only partly correct.
(b) That he is not in fact imprisoned, except in the metaphor of imprisonment.
(c) That he is a free personality.
(d) That imprisonment is a human condition.

4. How does Bloom characterize Anthony's death?
(a) As unnecessary.
(b) As a form of self-indulgence.
(c) As a historic event.
(d) As a tragedy.

5. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?
(a) As an inexhaustible character.
(b) As a bore.
(c) As the summit of selfishness.
(d) As the strongest of Shakespeare's women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?

2. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

3. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?

4. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

5. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?

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