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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a saint.
(b) As a sly, manipulative woman.
(c) As a maternal figure.
(d) As a whore/heroine.

3. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?
(a) Sufficient.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Flawed.

4. How does Bloom characterize "Richard III"?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Improbable.
(c) A spectacle.
(d) Successful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

2. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?

3. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?

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

5. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?

(see the answer key)

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