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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) As Shakespeare's least organized play.
(b) As Shakespeare's longest, most complicated play.
(c) As Shakespeare's most playful play.
(d) As Shakespeare's most unified play.

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Frost.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Eliot.

3. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both sons of kings.
(b) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(c) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(d) They are both larger than life.

4. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Tybalt.
(b) Mercutio and the Nurse.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Lords Capulet and Montague.

5. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Political visions.
(b) Oedipal urges.
(c) Sadomasochism.
(d) Self-reflection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

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

3. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?

4. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

5. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

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