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

2. What does Bloom say Thebes in "Two Noble Kinsmen" refers to?
(a) Athens in 431.
(b) London in 1609.
(c) Paris in 1599.
(d) London in 1613.

3. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) More doubtful than most.
(b) Not very introspective.
(c) More powerful than most.
(d) Not passive at all.

4. What makes "Winter's Tale" jarring, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Its piety.
(b) Its hostility.
(c) Its nihilism.
(d) Its originality.

5. What objection does Dr. Johnson make about "Cymbeline"?
(a) There are too many sudden shifts.
(b) The character's motivations are not clear.
(c) The action is unbelievable.
(d) The villain's motives are not explicit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?

2. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

3. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

4. What does Bloom say is the purpose of Falstaff's philosophizing?

5. Why does Janet Adelman say that Cordelia had to be murdered in "King Lear"?

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