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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 Caesar?
(a) A caricature.
(b) A real person.
(c) A sacrificial character.
(d) A larger-than-life figure.

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

3. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?
(a) A sonnet.
(b) A fable.
(c) A love song.
(d) A dirge.

4. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.
(b) With Henry VI being married.
(c) With Henry VI being crowned.
(d) With Henry VI being born.

5. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Pure fiction.
(b) Purely literary.
(c) Creations of language itself.
(d) Larger than life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?

3. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

4. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?

5. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

(see the answer key)

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