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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Dromio.
(b) Antipholus.
(c) Dr. Pinch.
(d) Katherine.

2. What aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy does Iago embody, according to Bloom?
(a) The playfulness.
(b) The nihilism.
(c) The literariness.
(d) The evil.

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

4. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) Ben Jonson.

5. Who is Berowne pitted against in "Love's Labor's Lost"?
(a) The Princess.
(b) Moth.
(c) Armando.
(d) Rosaline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?

2. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?

3. What does Feste do to Malvolio?

4. What does Ben Jonson say "Winter's Tale" unites with the dark fears of Leontes?

5. What does critic Marc Shell say Shakespeare is criticizing in Angelo's strict enforcement of law in 'Measure for Measure'?

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