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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are proto-human.
(b) That they are arbitrary.
(c) That they are archetypes.
(d) That they are super-human.

2. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more hateful than Barabas.
(b) He is more compassionate than Barabas.
(c) He is more outrageous than Barabas.
(d) He is more believable than Barabas.

3. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?
(a) That he was a youngest son.
(b) That he drank heavily while writing.
(c) That he was murdered by English government agents.
(d) That he was older than Shakespeare.

4. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Their master.
(b) Their servants.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their long lost twins.

5. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?
(a) T. S. Eliot.
(b) Hazlitt.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Ben Jonson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?

2. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?

3. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?

4. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?

5. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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