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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Their long lost twins.
(b) Their master.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their servants.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?

3. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

4. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

5. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

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