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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?
(a) Its love story.
(b) Its dramatization of bullying.
(c) Its tight plot.
(d) Its betrayal.

2. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?
(a) The king's insight.
(b) The king's heart.
(c) The king's poetry.
(d) The king's patience.

3. What does Ben Jonson say "Winter's Tale" unites with the dark fears of Leontes?
(a) The spectral possibility of spiritual rebirth.
(b) The fresh hope of spring.
(c) The dire reality of mortality.
(d) A feverish vision of eternity.

4. How does Auden describe Iago?
(a) As a devil.
(b) As a practical joker.
(c) As the subterranean soul of Western culture.
(d) As karmic vengeance.

5. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?
(a) Death.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their lovers' nurses and friends.
(d) Their culture's mores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

2. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?

3. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

4. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?

5. How does Bloom characterize the Falstaff of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

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