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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. What does Bloom say Thebes in "Two Noble Kinsmen" refers to?
(a) London in 1609.
(b) London in 1613.
(c) Paris in 1599.
(d) Athens in 431.

2. What does Bloom say is the heart of "Antony and Cleopatra"?
(a) The battle between love and politics.
(b) The battle between Rome and Egypt.
(c) The battle between East and West.
(d) The battle between the sexes.

3. What character does Bloom say follows Shakespeare's "Pericles"?
(a) Milton's Satan.
(b) Milton's Adam.
(c) Hawthorne's Hester Prynne.
(d) Melville's Ahab.

4. What makes "Winter's Tale" jarring, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Its originality.
(b) Its nihilism.
(c) Its piety.
(d) Its hostility.

5. How does Bloom characterize the Falstaff of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
(a) A bastardization of Henry IV.
(b) A false Falstaff.
(c) The genuine Falstaff.
(d) A precursor to later villains.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?

2. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?

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

4. What pleased Ben Jonson about Shakespeare's "Henry VIII"?

5. What is Bloom's complaint about "Henry VIII"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What flaws does Bloom say complicate "Cymbeline"?

2. What warning does Bloom say Emerson makes about ''King Lear"?

3. What purpose does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" serves among Shakespeare's plays?

4. What insight does Bloom say "All's Well That Ends Well" gives us into marriage?

5. What view does Bloom take on Iago's character?

6. What is the role of love in "King Lear", according to Bloom?

7. What does Bloom say is the flaw of "Coriolanus"?

8. What interpretation does Bloom say he favors for Caliban in "The Tempest"?

9. What is the moral of "Measure for Measure", in Bloom's account?

10. Where does Bloom see comedy in "Antony and Cleopatra"?

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