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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) Whatever woman a man ends up with is fine.
(b) Revenge is as destructive to the person who seeks it as to the one who is visited with it.
(c) Humor is better for survival than love.
(d) Love only brings suffering in the end.

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

4. What does Bloom say is the problem with the character of Coriolanus?
(a) Coriolanus' death is not dramatized.
(b) We do not know Voluminia's thoughts about her son's treason.
(c) Coriolanus does not explain why he fought against Rome.
(d) The viewer does not know Coriolanus' reasons for surrendering.

5. Whose appearance marks a shift in Act IV of "Winter's Tale"?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Perdita.
(c) Paula.
(d) Autolycus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?

2. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?

3. What character does Bloom say follows Shakespeare's "Pericles"?

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

5. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

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