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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?
(a) Tamberlaine the Great.
(b) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) Doctor Faustus.

2. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Proteus.
(c) Proteus' dog.
(d) Silvia.

3. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) Samuel Johnson.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) A.C. Bradley.

4. What quality endears Faulconbridge to Bloom?
(a) The ability to get what he wants from other people.
(b) The ability to discern the weaknesses of others.
(c) The ability to excuse himself from every wrongdoing.
(d) The ability to see his own mind in action.

5. Who is Faulconbridge's father?
(a) Richard the Lion Hearted.
(b) King Arthur.
(c) Henry VI.
(d) King John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was NOT a contemporary of Shakespeare's?

2. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?

3. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?

4. Which term describes Kate's speech about the proper behavior of a wife toward a husband?

5. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

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