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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say brings Anthony back to Cleopatra?
(a) Dependency on Cleopatra.
(b) Lust for power.
(c) Sexual lust.
(d) Hostility to Caesar.

2. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?
(a) Political ambition.
(b) Religious longing.
(c) Fear of cuckolding.
(d) Physical lust.

3. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Falstaff.
(d) Henry IV.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

2. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?

3. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

4. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

5. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?

(see the answer key)

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