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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Frost.
(b) Eliot.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Nietzsche.

3. Who saves "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's opinion?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Launce.
(c) Proteus.
(d) Silvia.

4. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being married.
(b) With Henry VI being born.
(c) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.
(d) With Henry VI being crowned.

5. Who counters Richard II's character in "Richard II"?
(a) Faulconbridge.
(b) Henry IV.
(c) The Earl of Southampton.
(d) Bolingbroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shakespeare use the themes of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", in Bloom's interpretation?

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

3. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

4. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?

5. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?

(see the answer key)

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