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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) As fantasy.
(b) As weak.
(c) As inaccurate.
(d) As convoluted.

4. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Culture.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Memory.
(d) History.

5. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?
(a) A love song.
(b) A sonnet.
(c) A fable.
(d) A dirge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

2. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

3. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?

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

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

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