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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 does William Hazlitt say is the center of "Othello"?
(a) Iago.
(b) Othello's blackness.
(c) Othello's jealousy.
(d) Desdemona's innocence.

2. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(b) By fulfilling his characters' desires.
(c) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(d) By developing his characters' personalities.

3. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Purely literary.
(b) Creations of language itself.
(c) Pure fiction.
(d) Larger than life.

4. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?
(a) As the tragedy of the Senate.
(b) As a warning against ambition.
(c) As the tragedy of all politics.
(d) As the tragedy of Brutus.

5. For what reason does Hal curse Falstaff in "Henry IV"?
(a) For inconsistency.
(b) For corrupting his youth.
(c) For debasing his character.
(d) For losing the throne for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?

3. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?

4. To whom does Bloom characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?

5. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

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