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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 Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(b) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.
(c) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(d) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.

2. What does Bloom say is the problem with the character of Coriolanus?
(a) We do not know Voluminia's thoughts about her son's treason.
(b) Coriolanus' death is not dramatized.
(c) The viewer does not know Coriolanus' reasons for surrendering.
(d) Coriolanus does not explain why he fought against Rome.

3. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) That for men, women are all the same in the dark.
(b) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(c) That love is always ultimately destructive.
(d) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.

4. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) More powerful than most.
(b) More doubtful than most.
(c) Not very introspective.
(d) Not passive at all.

5. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both sons of kings.
(b) They are both larger than life.
(c) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(d) They are both paralyzed by doubts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

2. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

3. What does William Hazlitt say is the center of "Othello"?

4. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

5. What first makes the character of Titus Andronicus unsympathetic?

(see the answer key)

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