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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 24-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?
(a) Portia.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Shylock.
(d) Antonio.

2. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) The Knight in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'.
(b) Melville's Captain Ahab.
(c) The Old Testament God.
(d) Adam in 'Paradise Lost'.

3. What first makes the character of Titus Andronicus unsympathetic?
(a) The sacrifice of Tamora's son.
(b) The death of Lavinia.
(c) The arrest of Mercutio.
(d) The seduction of Desdemona.

4. How does the porter describe the effects of alcohol?
(a) It confuses family lines in improvident matches.
(b) It makes people equal, but removes the ability to have sex.
(c) It blinds people to their own death, and perpetuates their genetic lines.
(d) It reveals people's true characters.

5. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.
(b) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(c) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(d) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

2. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?

3. What does Bloom say love causes in "King Lear"?

4. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

5. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?

(see the answer key)

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