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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Bloom compare Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) The Knight in Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'.
(b) Adam in 'Paradise Lost'.
(c) The Old Testament God.
(d) Melville's Captain Ahab.

2. In what way does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" could be considered funny?
(a) As an existential comedy.
(b) As a sadomasochistic exercise.
(c) As slapstick.
(d) As a comedy of errors.

3. What does Feste do to Malvolio?
(a) Idealize.
(b) Thwart.
(c) Torment.
(d) Admire.

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

5. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?
(a) Tamberlaine the Great.
(b) Doctor Faustus.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose marriage does Bloom say is happiest in all of Shakespeare's plays?

2. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?

3. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?

4. How does Bloom characterize "Comedy of Errors"?

5. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

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