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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 philosophy.
(b) His father's power.
(c) His father's estate.
(d) His father's honor.

2. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) As inaccurate.
(b) As fantasy.
(c) As convoluted.
(d) As weak.

3. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?
(a) That he is not in fact imprisoned, except in the metaphor of imprisonment.
(b) That imprisonment is a human condition.
(c) That he is a free personality.
(d) That he is only partly correct.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

2. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?

3. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

4. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

5. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?

(see the answer key)

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