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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 gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Dr. Pinch.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Antipholus.
(d) Dromio.

2. How does Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) As Shakespeare's most unified play.
(b) As Shakespeare's most playful play.
(c) As Shakespeare's least organized play.
(d) As Shakespeare's longest, most complicated play.

3. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His mother.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

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

5. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Creations of language itself.
(b) Larger than life.
(c) Pure fiction.
(d) Purely literary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does "Henry VI" end?

3. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?

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

5. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

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