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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 did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Forced him to return to original material.
(b) Showed him the limits of evil.
(c) Turned him toward poetry, and away from the stage.
(d) Purged his imagination of Marlowe.

2. What quality endears Faulconbridge to Bloom?
(a) The ability to excuse himself from every wrongdoing.
(b) The ability to get what he wants from other people.
(c) The ability to see his own mind in action.
(d) The ability to discern the weaknesses of others.

3. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) The lovers in "Love's Labor's Lost".
(b) Orlando and Rosalind in "As You Like It".
(c) "Romeo and Juliet".
(d) Regan and Goneril in "King Lear".

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

5. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) Henry IV.
(d) Shakespeare's sonnets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Richard III's most famous line?

2. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?

3. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?

4. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?

5. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?

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