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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 Feste do to Malvolio?
(a) Thwart.
(b) Torment.
(c) Admire.
(d) Idealize.

2. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
(a) They reconcile.
(b) They die.
(c) They negotiate peace.
(d) They depart.

3. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?
(a) With a battle.
(b) With a marriage.
(c) With a murder.
(d) With a play within a play.

4. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Harold Bloom.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) Hamlet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?

2. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

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

4. What is Richard III's most famous line?

5. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

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