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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chaps. 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?
(a) As the tragedy of all politics.
(b) As the tragedy of Brutus.
(c) As a warning against ambition.
(d) As the tragedy of the Senate.

2. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?
(a) A love song.
(b) A sonnet.
(c) A dirge.
(d) A fable.

3. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?
(a) A larger-than-life figure.
(b) A sacrificial character.
(c) A real person.
(d) A caricature.

4. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) Typical mismatch.
(b) As one of many marriages that plays games with gender roles.
(c) As a rare, normal marriage.
(d) As a rare exception to the rule that love is generally destructive.

5. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Truth.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important character does Bloom say Iago influenced?

2. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?

3. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?

4. What first makes the character of Titus Andronicus unsympathetic?

5. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?

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