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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Regan and Goneril.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Iago.
(d) Caliban.

2. Who is Faulconbridge's father?
(a) Richard the Lion Hearted.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) King John.
(d) Henry VI.

3. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?
(a) Falstaff.
(b) Caliban.
(c) Prospero.
(d) Hamlet.

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

5. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?
(a) Tamberlaine the Great.
(b) Doctor Faustus.
(c) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
(d) The Tempest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Berowne pitted against in "Love's Labor's Lost"?

2. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?

3. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

4. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?

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