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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Edmund in "King Lear".
(b) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".
(c) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(d) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".

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

3. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?
(a) Brute masculine force.
(b) The indifference of nature.
(c) Female intellect and humor.
(d) Plotting and manipulations.

4. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) The Jews are more caricaturist.
(b) The Jew is more monstrous.
(c) The play is more overtly anti-Semitic.
(d) The Christians are as vicious as the Jew.

5. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Their long lost twins.
(b) Their servants.
(c) Their master.
(d) Their wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?

2. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?

3. Who was NOT a contemporary of Shakespeare's?

4. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

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

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