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

2. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?
(a) As propaganda for the socialist state.
(b) As a patriotic statement.
(c) As a criticism of the French.
(d) As anti-communist propaganda.

3. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) Hazlitt.

4. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?
(a) Complex plotting.
(b) Loveable characters.
(c) Verbal fireworks.
(d) Subtlety of inner dialogue.

5. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
(a) They die.
(b) They depart.
(c) They reconcile.
(d) They negotiate peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

2. What does Feste do to Malvolio?

3. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?

4. What does William Hazlitt say is the center of "Othello"?

5. What gives "Winter's Tale" its supernatural quality, according to Bloom?

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