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

2. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her masculine self.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her adult self.

3. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His son.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

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

5. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are proto-human.
(b) That they are super-human.
(c) That they are archetypes.
(d) That they are arbitrary.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

2. Who is Berowne pitted against in "Love's Labor's Lost"?

3. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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