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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?
(a) Shakespeare felt the play was too personal.
(b) Shakespeare died before he finished it.
(c) Shakespeare's patron was offended by the play.
(d) Shakespeare used the play to denounce contemporary London.

2. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
(a) "The Barber of Seville".
(b) "Carmen".
(c) "Falstaff".
(d) "Tosca".

3. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Sufficient.

4. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(b) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(c) They are both larger than life.
(d) They are both sons of kings.

5. Whose skepticism does Bloom describe behind Hamlet's philosophizing?
(a) Montaigne's.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Diogenes'.
(d) Socrates'.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?

2. What character flaw does Bloom say runs through Othello?

3. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?

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

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

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