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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) More powerful than most.
(b) Not very introspective.
(c) More doubtful than most.
(d) Not passive at all.

2. What does Bloom say he suspects Shakespeare of, in "Henry V"?
(a) Irony.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Fear for his own safety.
(d) Disloyalty.

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

4. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?
(a) As propaganda for the socialist state.
(b) As a patriotic statement.
(c) As a criticism of the French.
(d) As anti-communist propaganda.

5. What kinds of interpretations of "Midsummer Night's Dream" does Bloom say he resents?
(a) Interpretations that minimize the war of the sexes.
(b) Interpretations that over-sexualize the play.
(c) Interpretations that treat the play as a political drama.
(d) Interpretations that turn the play into a dark spectacle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?

2. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?

3. What does Bloom say the reader needs to know about "Henry V"?

4. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?

5. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

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