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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 almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?
(a) The battle scene.
(b) The seduction scene.
(c) The Marlovian influence.
(d) The soliloquies.

2. How does Bloom describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?
(a) As alternatively melodramatic and gut-wrenching.
(b) As alternatively funny or horrifying.
(c) As alternatively crisp or incoherent.
(d) As alternatively over-done or undefined.

3. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) A turning away.
(b) A transference.
(c) A reaction formation.
(d) An inversion.

4. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?
(a) Its tight plot.
(b) Its love story.
(c) Its dramatization of bullying.
(d) Its betrayal.

5. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Political visions.
(b) Self-reflection.
(c) Sadomasochism.
(d) Oedipal urges.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?

3. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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