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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 quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both larger than life.
(b) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(c) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(d) They are both sons of kings.

2. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?
(a) More believable female characters.
(b) Later villains.
(c) More self-reflective heroes.
(d) More complex histories.

3. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) As inaccurate.
(b) As fantasy.
(c) As convoluted.
(d) As weak.

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

5. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(b) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(c) By developing his characters' personalities.
(d) By fulfilling his characters' desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

2. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?

3. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?

4. Viola duels with whom in "Twelfth Night"?

5. What gets better as the king's fate gets worse in "Richard II"?

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