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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 does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?
(a) Mixing of social classes.
(b) Surprising twists and turns.
(c) Love winning out against the odds.
(d) Heroes brought low and villains elevated.

2. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?
(a) Its betrayal.
(b) Its tight plot.
(c) Its love story.
(d) Its dramatization of bullying.

3. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?
(a) The Marlovian influence.
(b) The seduction scene.
(c) The battle scene.
(d) The soliloquies.

4. What first makes the character of Titus Andronicus unsympathetic?
(a) The seduction of Desdemona.
(b) The sacrifice of Tamora's son.
(c) The death of Lavinia.
(d) The arrest of Mercutio.

5. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) A.C. Bradley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?

2. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

3. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

4. What does Bloom say characterizes the play "Julius Caesar"?

5. What is Richard III's most famous line?

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