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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?
(a) Launce.
(b) Valentine.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Silvia.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

2. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?

4. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?

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

(see the answer key)

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