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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?
(a) As the tragedy of all politics.
(b) As the tragedy of Brutus.
(c) As the tragedy of the Senate.
(d) As a warning against ambition.

3. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Falstaff.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Caliban.

4. According to Bloom, T. S. Eliot prefers "Coriolanus" to which other Shakespeare play?
(a) "Hamlet".
(b) "King Lear".
(c) "Love's Labor's Lost".
(d) "Macbeth".

5. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are arbitrary.
(b) That they are archetypes.
(c) That they are super-human.
(d) That they are proto-human.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?

2. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?

3. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?

4. How does Bloom characterize Anthony's death?

5. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

(see the answer key)

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