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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 complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?
(a) Incestuous marriages.
(b) Intrigues.
(c) Murders.
(d) Disguises.

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

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

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

5. Who does Proteus drive into exile?
(a) Silvia.
(b) Julia.
(c) Valentine.
(d) Launce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

2. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?

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

4. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?

5. How does "Henry VI" end?

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