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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the first Shakespearean character.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(d) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.

2. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) The Jew is more monstrous.
(b) The Jews are more caricaturist.
(c) The play is more overtly anti-Semitic.
(d) The Christians are as vicious as the Jew.

3. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a saint.
(b) As a whore/heroine.
(c) As a sly, manipulative woman.
(d) As a maternal figure.

4. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) Henry IV.

5. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?
(a) The king's poetry.
(b) The king's insight.
(c) The king's patience.
(d) The king's heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

2. Whose marriage does Bloom say is happiest in all of Shakespeare's plays?

3. What is Richard III's most famous line?

4. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?

5. What does Nietzsche say Hamlet's problem was?

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