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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?
(a) Heroes brought low and villains elevated.
(b) Surprising twists and turns.
(c) Love winning out against the odds.
(d) Mixing of social classes.

3. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?
(a) Falstaff.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Henry IV.

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

5. 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 Rome and Egypt.
(d) The battle between the sexes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?

4. What does Bloom say brings Anthony back to Cleopatra?

5. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?

(see the answer key)

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