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

2. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By developing his characters' personalities.
(b) By fulfilling his characters' desires.
(c) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(d) By illuminating his characters' pasts.

3. What does Bloom say in response to the criticism that Shakespeare copied Hamlet from other sources?
(a) That Shakespeare had bought the rights to the other works.
(b) That copying was common practice.
(c) That he always improved on his sources.
(d) That Shakespeare was not even one person.

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

5. Who is Faulconbridge's father?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) King John.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Richard the Lion Hearted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does "Henry VI" end?

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

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

5. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Measure for Measure"?

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