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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 "Much Ado About Nothing"?
(a) A Biblical comedy.
(b) Nietzschean.
(c) Shakespeare's most perfect play.
(d) A disorganized jumble.

2. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".
(b) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".
(c) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(d) Edmund in "King Lear".

3. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?
(a) Doctor Faustus.
(b) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) Tamberlaine the Great.

4. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?
(a) A dirge.
(b) A love song.
(c) A fable.
(d) A sonnet.

5. Viola duels with whom in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Cesario.
(c) Malvolio.
(d) Orsini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?

2. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?

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

4. What does Bloom say is the purpose of Falstaff's philosophizing?

5. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

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