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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda: The Shakespeare Difference, A Word at the End: Foregrounding.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?
(a) As the tragedy of all politics.
(b) As a warning against ambition.
(c) As the tragedy of the Senate.
(d) As the tragedy of Brutus.

2. What is the sentence for Claudio's unlawful fornication?
(a) Death.
(b) Exile.
(c) A fine.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?
(a) More complex histories.
(b) More believable female characters.
(c) More self-reflective heroes.
(d) Later villains.

4. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Emerson.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Frost.
(d) Eliot.

5. To what philosopher does Bloom compare Falstaff?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Plato.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does critic Hazlitt see in "Coriolanus"?

2. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?

3. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?

4. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?

5. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?

(see the answer key)

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