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

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

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

4. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Hazlitt.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?

2. What are the men overcome by, in "Love's Labor's Lost"?

3. What does Fluellen's comparison mean for Henry V?

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

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

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