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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 Caesar?
(a) A real person.
(b) A larger-than-life figure.
(c) A caricature.
(d) A sacrificial character.

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

3. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Dromio.
(b) Dr. Pinch.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Antipholus.

4. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) History.
(d) Farce.

5. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Truth.
(c) Play.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?

3. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

4. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

5. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?

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