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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say characterizes the play "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Heroism.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Morality.
(d) Ambiguity.

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

3. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?
(a) He is more hateful than Barabas.
(b) He is more outrageous than Barabas.
(c) He is more compassionate than Barabas.
(d) He is more believable than Barabas.

4. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Hazlitt.
(c) W. H. Auden.
(d) A.C. Bradley.

5. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Iago.
(b) Regan and Goneril.
(c) Caliban.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

3. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?

4. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

5. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?

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