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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 Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's estate.
(b) His father's honor.
(c) His father's power.
(d) His father's philosophy.

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

3. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Silvia.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Launce.

4. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) "Romeo and Juliet".
(b) The lovers in "Love's Labor's Lost".
(c) Regan and Goneril in "King Lear".
(d) Orlando and Rosalind in "As You Like It".

5. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?
(a) Repetitive.
(b) Symphonic.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Fulfilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

2. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?

3. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

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

5. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

(see the answer key)

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