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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 do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Oedipal urges.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Sadomasochism.
(d) Political visions.

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

3. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?
(a) Tragicomedies.
(b) Characters who lived a world with modern weaponry.
(c) History plays.
(d) Characters with inner lives.

4. Who does Proteus drive into exile?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Julia.
(c) Silvia.
(d) Launce.

5. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) History.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Farce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

2. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

3. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

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

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

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