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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?
(a) Characters with inner lives.
(b) Tragicomedies.
(c) History plays.
(d) Characters who lived a world with modern weaponry.

2. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A battle of the sexes.
(b) A screwball comedy.
(c) A disguised political satire.
(d) A festive comedy.

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

4. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the first Shakespearean character.
(d) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.

5. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?
(a) The king's poetry.
(b) The king's heart.
(c) The king's insight.
(d) The king's patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

2. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?

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

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

5. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?

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