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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) Farce.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) History.

2. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?
(a) Mercutio's wife.
(b) The powerful mobs of London.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I.
(d) The whore Mab.

3. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Mercutio and the Nurse.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Lords Capulet and Montague.
(d) Tybalt.

4. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a saint.
(b) As a whore/heroine.
(c) As a maternal figure.
(d) As a sly, manipulative woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality endears Faulconbridge to Bloom?

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?

3. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

4. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

5. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

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