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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 Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's honor.
(b) His father's estate.
(c) His father's power.
(d) His father's philosophy.

2. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I.
(b) Mercutio's wife.
(c) The powerful mobs of London.
(d) The whore Mab.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

2. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?

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

4. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?

5. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

(see the answer key)

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