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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 characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Iago.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Othello.

2. What does Fluellen's comparison mean for Henry V?
(a) He will enjoy great power.
(b) He will be betrayed by his friends.
(c) He will avoid responsibilities.
(d) He will turn on his friends.

3. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
(a) They negotiate peace.
(b) They depart.
(c) They die.
(d) They reconcile.

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

5. Whose skepticism does Bloom describe behind Hamlet's philosophizing?
(a) Diogenes'.
(b) Plato's.
(c) Montaigne's.
(d) Socrates'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nietzsche say Hamlet's problem was?

2. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?

3. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

4. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?

5. What does Feste do to Malvolio?

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