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

3. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) History.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Memory.
(d) Culture.

4. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?
(a) The Canterbury Tales.
(b) Paradise Lost.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Moby Dick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

4. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

5. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?

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