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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.
(d) As the first Shakespearean character.

2. Who was NOT a contemporary of Shakespeare's?
(a) Christopher Marlowe.
(b) William Chaucer.
(c) Ben Jonson.
(d) John Fletcher.

3. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Frost.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Eliot.

4. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Their lovers' nurses and friends.
(c) Their culture's mores.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

3. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

4. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?

5. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

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