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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Helena conceive Bertram's child?
(a) She marries him.
(b) She seduces him.
(c) She is raped by him.
(d) By tricking him.

2. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(b) Edmund in "King Lear".
(c) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".
(d) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".

3. Who counters Richard II's character in "Richard II"?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Faulconbridge.
(c) The Earl of Southampton.
(d) Bolingbroke.

4. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?
(a) That he drank heavily while writing.
(b) That he was a youngest son.
(c) That he was older than Shakespeare.
(d) That he was murdered by English government agents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?

4. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?

5. What is Richard III's most famous line?

(see the answer key)

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