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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 the end of "Richard III"?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Symphonic.
(c) Repetitive.
(d) Disorganized.

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

3. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Truth.
(c) Play.
(d) Metaphor.

4. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?
(a) Death.
(b) Their culture's mores.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their lovers' nurses and friends.

5. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".
(b) Edmund in "King Lear".
(c) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(d) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

3. How does "Henry VI" end?

4. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?

5. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?

(see the answer key)

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