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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) The Knight in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'.
(b) Melville's Captain Ahab.
(c) The Old Testament God.
(d) Adam in 'Paradise Lost'.

2. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Harold Bloom.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

2. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?

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

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

5. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?

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