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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 Bloom characterize Anthony's death?
(a) As a tragedy.
(b) As a form of self-indulgence.
(c) As unnecessary.
(d) As a historic event.

2. What does Bloom say T. S. Eliot says about "Hamlet"?
(a) That it is too confusing.
(b) That it is too long.
(c) That it is the masterpiece of our culture.
(d) That it is improbable and stagey.

3. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?
(a) Diomedes.
(b) Thersites.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Ulysses.

4. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?
(a) Propitiate the queen with light humor.
(b) Urge the government to make reforms.
(c) Make a lot of money for the theatre company.
(d) Resolve personal quandaries of Shakespeare's.

5. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more compassionate than Barabas.
(b) He is more outrageous than Barabas.
(c) He is more believable than Barabas.
(d) He is more hateful than Barabas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

2. What does Nietzsche say Hamlet's problem was?

3. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

4. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

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

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