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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 24-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A screwball comedy.
(b) A battle of the sexes.
(c) A festive comedy.
(d) A disguised political satire.

2. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) That for men, women are all the same in the dark.
(b) That love is always ultimately destructive.
(c) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(d) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.

3. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?
(a) Make a lot of money for the theatre company.
(b) Propitiate the queen with light humor.
(c) Urge the government to make reforms.
(d) Resolve personal quandaries of Shakespeare's.

4. What does Bloom say in response to the criticism that Shakespeare copied Hamlet from other sources?
(a) That Shakespeare had bought the rights to the other works.
(b) That he always improved on his sources.
(c) That Shakespeare was not even one person.
(d) That copying was common practice.

5. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Henry IV.
(c) Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) The Tempest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?

2. To whom does Bloom compare Puck unfavorably?

3. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?

4. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?

5. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?

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