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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 Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?
(a) Stronger than the men.
(b) More cunning yet less direct than the men.
(c) Less abstract than the men in their thinking.
(d) Conniving.

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

3. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's honor.
(b) His father's philosophy.
(c) His father's estate.
(d) His father's power.

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

5. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both larger than life.
(b) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(c) They are both sons of kings.
(d) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

2. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?

3. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

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

5. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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