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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 book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?
(a) The Canterbury Tales.
(b) Paradise Lost.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Bible.

2. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?
(a) The improbability of Lady Anne's seduction.
(b) The lack of strong motivations for Richard.
(c) The lack of inner dialogue.
(d) The excess of self-consciousness in the characters.

3. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being born.
(b) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.
(c) With Henry VI being crowned.
(d) With Henry VI being married.

4. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) The tragic ending.
(b) The improbability of the deaths.
(c) The power of the love between Romeo and Juliet.
(d) The conservatism of the feuding families.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?

3. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?

4. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

5. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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