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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) An inversion.
(b) A turning away.
(c) A transference.
(d) A reaction formation.

2. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Play.
(c) Truth.
(d) Anarchy.

3. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) Nietzschean.
(b) A disorganized jumble.
(c) A Biblical comedy.
(d) Shakespeare's most perfect play.

4. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) As a rare exception to the rule that love is generally destructive.
(b) As a rare, normal marriage.
(c) Typical mismatch.
(d) As one of many marriages that plays games with gender roles.

5. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?
(a) Shylock's forced conversion.
(b) Shylock's death.
(c) Shylock's default.
(d) Shylock taking his pound of flesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?

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

3. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?

4. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?

5. Who counters Richard II's character in "Richard II"?

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