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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 Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(b) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(c) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.
(d) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.

2. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Sufficient.

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

4. What quality endears Faulconbridge to Bloom?
(a) The ability to discern the weaknesses of others.
(b) The ability to excuse himself from every wrongdoing.
(c) The ability to get what he wants from other people.
(d) The ability to see his own mind in action.

5. What does Nietzsche say Hamlet's problem was?
(a) Madness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Emasculation.
(d) Thinking too well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

2. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?

3. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

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

5. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?

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