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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 describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?
(a) As alternatively melodramatic and gut-wrenching.
(b) As alternatively funny or horrifying.
(c) As alternatively crisp or incoherent.
(d) As alternatively over-done or undefined.

2. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a maternal figure.
(b) As a sly, manipulative woman.
(c) As a saint.
(d) As a whore/heroine.

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

4. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?
(a) Heroes brought low and villains elevated.
(b) Love winning out against the odds.
(c) Mixing of social classes.
(d) Surprising twists and turns.

5. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) A.C. Bradley.
(c) Hazlitt.
(d) W. H. Auden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

2. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

3. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?

4. To whom does Bloom characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?

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

(see the answer key)

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