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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more compassionate than Barabas.
(b) He is more outrageous than Barabas.
(c) He is more believable than Barabas.
(d) He is more hateful than Barabas.

2. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?
(a) Jessica.
(b) Shylock.
(c) Antonio.
(d) Portia.

3. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) His father.

4. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(b) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".
(c) Edmund in "King Lear".
(d) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".

5. Whose skepticism does Bloom describe behind Hamlet's philosophizing?
(a) Montaigne's.
(b) Diogenes'.
(c) Socrates'.
(d) Plato's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?

2. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

3. How does "Henry VI" end?

4. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

5. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?

(see the answer key)

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