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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 does Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's estate.
(b) His father's philosophy.
(c) His father's honor.
(d) His father's power.

2. What does Bloom say is the heart of "Antony and Cleopatra"?
(a) The battle between the sexes.
(b) The battle between love and politics.
(c) The battle between Rome and Egypt.
(d) The battle between East and West.

3. How does Bloom characterize "Richard III"?
(a) Successful.
(b) Improbable.
(c) Absurd.
(d) A spectacle.

4. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
(a) "Carmen".
(b) "The Barber of Seville".
(c) "Tosca".
(d) "Falstaff".

5. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) More doubtful than most.
(b) Not very introspective.
(c) More powerful than most.
(d) Not passive at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

2. How does Auden describe Iago?

3. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

4. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?

5. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?

(see the answer key)

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