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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?
(a) A caricature.
(b) A real person.
(c) A larger-than-life figure.
(d) A sacrificial character.

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

5. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?
(a) Stronger than the men.
(b) Less abstract than the men in their thinking.
(c) More cunning yet less direct than the men.
(d) Conniving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fluellen's comparison mean for Henry V?

2. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?

3. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?

4. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

5. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

(see the answer key)

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