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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. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?
(a) As the strongest of Shakespeare's women.
(b) As the summit of selfishness.
(c) As a bore.
(d) As an inexhaustible character.

2. What does Bloom say is the center of "The Tempest'?
(a) Prospero's development.
(b) Prospero's restoration.
(c) Ariel's liberty.
(d) Caliban's punishment.

3. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?
(a) Hegel's.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Aristotle's.
(d) Nietzsche's.

4. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Measure for Measure"?
(a) A concession to necessity.
(b) Miserable.
(c) Resplendently happy.
(d) Barely happy.

5. In what way does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" could be considered funny?
(a) As an existential comedy.
(b) As a sadomasochistic exercise.
(c) As a comedy of errors.
(d) As slapstick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say T. S. Eliot says about "Hamlet"?

2. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?

3. What does William Hazlitt say is the center of "Othello"?

4. What aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy does Iago embody, according to Bloom?

5. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bloom say is the difference between 'Othello' "Cymbeline"?

2. What parallel does Bloom describe between characters Henry V and Alexander the Great?

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

4. Where does Bloom say "Winter's Tale" sits in Shakespeare's folio?

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

6. What does Bloom say makes "Hamlet" so fascinating?

7. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was not performed in Shakespeare's lifetime?

8. How does Bloom characterize the play "Pericles"?

9. What does Bloom say was Shakespeare's role in "Two Noble Kinsmen"?

10. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?

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