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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. What does Feste do to Malvolio?
(a) Admire.
(b) Thwart.
(c) Idealize.
(d) Torment.

2. Whose riddle does Pericles solve at the beginning of the play?
(a) The Delphic Oracle's.
(b) King Antioch's.
(c) The Sphinx'.
(d) The Sibyl's.

3. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?
(a) That he was murdered by English government agents.
(b) That he was a youngest son.
(c) That he was older than Shakespeare.
(d) That he drank heavily while writing.

4. What kinds of interpretations of "Midsummer Night's Dream" does Bloom say he resents?
(a) Interpretations that turn the play into a dark spectacle.
(b) Interpretations that over-sexualize the play.
(c) Interpretations that minimize the war of the sexes.
(d) Interpretations that treat the play as a political drama.

5. For what reason does Hal curse Falstaff in "Henry IV"?
(a) For debasing his character.
(b) For corrupting his youth.
(c) For losing the throne for him.
(d) For inconsistency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy does Iago embody, according to Bloom?

2. Viola duels with whom in "Twelfth Night"?

3. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

4. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?

5. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

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