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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viola duels with whom in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Orsini.
(b) Cesario.
(c) Malvolio.
(d) Olivia.

2. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more believable than Barabas.
(b) He is more hateful than Barabas.
(c) He is more outrageous than Barabas.
(d) He is more compassionate than Barabas.

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

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

5. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are archetypes.
(b) That they are proto-human.
(c) That they are super-human.
(d) That they are arbitrary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "Henry VI" end?

2. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?

3. What are the men overcome by, in "Love's Labor's Lost"?

4. Who counters Richard II's character in "Richard II"?

5. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "Romeo and Juliet" prefigure, in Bloom's interpretation?

2. What is Bloom's estimation of "Julius Caesar"?

3. What step does Bloom say Shakespeare took, with "The Merchant of Venice", beyond Marlowe's style?

4. What play does Bloom say influenced Shakespeare's "Henry VI"?

5. What personality development does Bloom describe in "Taming of the Shrew"?

6. What is Marlowe's influence on "Titus Andronicus"?

7. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?

8. What are the main themes of "King John", in Bloom's interpretation?

9. What does Bloom say distinguished Faulconbridge among Shakespeare's characters?

10. How does Bloom defend "Midsummer Night's Dream" from criticism?

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