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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 T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) The improbability of the deaths.
(b) The tragic ending.
(c) The conservatism of the feuding families.
(d) The power of the love between Romeo and Juliet.

2. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?
(a) The lack of strong motivations for Richard.
(b) The lack of inner dialogue.
(c) The improbability of Lady Anne's seduction.
(d) The excess of self-consciousness in the characters.

3. 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".

4. How does Bloom characterize Richard II's metaphors?
(a) Nietzschean escape from reality.
(b) Poetic reconstitution of reality.
(c) An anarchic hostility to monarchy.
(d) A lyrical alternative to politics.

5. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?
(a) The king's insight.
(b) The king's patience.
(c) The king's poetry.
(d) The king's heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?

2. How does Helena conceive Bertram's child?

3. What is the sentence for Claudio's unlawful fornication?

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

5. What does critic Marc Shell say Shakespeare is criticizing in Angelo's strict enforcement of law in 'Measure for Measure'?

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