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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
(a) "The Barber of Seville".
(b) "Tosca".
(c) "Falstaff".
(d) "Carmen".
2. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) Not passive at all.
(b) More doubtful than most.
(c) Not very introspective.
(d) More powerful than most.
3. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A disguised political satire.
(b) A festive comedy.
(c) A battle of the sexes.
(d) A screwball comedy.
4. What does Bloom say is the heart of "Antony and Cleopatra"?
(a) The battle between East and West.
(b) The battle between Rome and Egypt.
(c) The battle between the sexes.
(d) The battle between love and politics.
5. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?
(a) As the summit of hopeless romanticism.
(b) As a nihilistic act.
(c) As a literary philosophy.
(d) As a political act.
Short Answer Questions
1. What character flaw does Bloom say runs through Othello?
2. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?
3. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?
4. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
5. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?
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