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

2. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?
(a) That he drank heavily while writing.
(b) That he was older than Shakespeare.
(c) That he was murdered by English government agents.
(d) That he was a youngest son.

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

4. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Memory.
(c) History.
(d) Culture.

5. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) Farce.
(b) History.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

2. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

3. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?

4. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?

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

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