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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 Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) A disorganized jumble.
(b) A Biblical comedy.
(c) Shakespeare's most perfect play.
(d) Nietzschean.

2. What is Richard III's most famous line?
(a) Is this a dagger I see before me?
(b) To be or not to be.
(c) My kingdom for a horse.
(d) A rose by any other name would be as sweet.

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

4. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her adult self.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her masculine self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say in response to the criticism that Shakespeare copied Hamlet from other sources?

2. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?

3. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?

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

5. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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