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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
(a) As evil incarnate.
(b) As a comic villain.
(c) As a diminutive Barabas.
(d) As a buffoon.

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

3. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) The play is more overtly anti-Semitic.
(b) The Christians are as vicious as the Jew.
(c) The Jews are more caricaturist.
(d) The Jew is more monstrous.

4. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?
(a) Female intellect and humor.
(b) Plotting and manipulations.
(c) Brute masculine force.
(d) The indifference of nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?

3. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

4. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

5. What quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?

(see the answer key)

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