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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Falstaff.
(d) Alexander the Great.

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

3. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His brother.
(b) His son.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
(a) As a buffoon.
(b) As a diminutive Barabas.
(c) As evil incarnate.
(d) As a comic villain.

5. What does Bloom say characterizes the play "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Heroism.
(c) Morality.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?

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

3. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?

4. How does Auden describe Iago?

5. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?

(see the answer key)

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