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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 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 paralyzed by doubts.
(d) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.

2. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?
(a) Disguises.
(b) Intrigues.
(c) Murders.
(d) Incestuous marriages.

3. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) "The Tempest".
(b) "Hamlet".
(c) "All's Well That Ends Well".
(d) "Love's Labour's Lost".

4. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Frost.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Emerson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?

2. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?

3. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?

4. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

5. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?

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