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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 book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?
(a) Paradise Lost.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Canterbury Tales.
(d) Moby Dick.

2. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both sons of kings.
(b) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(c) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(d) They are both larger than life.

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

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

5. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.
(b) With Henry VI being born.
(c) With Henry VI being married.
(d) With Henry VI being crowned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

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

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

4. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?

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

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