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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?
(a) Villains.
(b) Marriages.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Deaths.

5. Who is Faulconbridge's father?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) King John.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) Richard the Lion Hearted.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Bloom characterize "Richard III"?

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

5. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

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