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

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

3. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?
(a) Religious longing.
(b) Physical lust.
(c) Political ambition.
(d) Fear of cuckolding.

4. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Adam in 'Paradise Lost'.
(b) The Knight in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'.
(c) Melville's Captain Ahab.
(d) The Old Testament God.

5. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.
(d) As the first Shakespearean character.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

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

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

4. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

5. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?

(see the answer key)

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