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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

2. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

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

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

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

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