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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Thersites avoid being killed?
(a) By intrigue.
(b) By cunning.
(c) By undignified begging.
(d) By cowardliness.

3. How does Bloom say Ben Jonson saw Thersites?
(a) As a nihilist.
(b) As a coward.
(c) As a Christian.
(d) As a predecessor to Falstaff.

4. Whom does Shakespeare attack in "Timon of Athens"?
(a) Christopher Marlowe.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

5. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?
(a) Political ambition.
(b) Fear of cuckolding.
(c) Physical lust.
(d) Religious longing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

2. How does Bloom characterize the Falstaff of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

3. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?

4. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

5. What does the character Timon of Athens do to his guests?

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