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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) Improbable.
(d) Successful.

2. Who does Bloom say steals the show in "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Lords Capulet and Montague.
(c) Mercutio and the Nurse.
(d) Tybalt.

3. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) A turning away.
(b) A transference.
(c) An inversion.
(d) A reaction formation.

4. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(b) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(c) By fulfilling his characters' desires.
(d) By developing his characters' personalities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "Henry VI" end?

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

3. Who does Julia look for, while she is disguised?

4. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?

5. How does Bloom describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?

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