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

2. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?
(a) The indifference of nature.
(b) Brute masculine force.
(c) Female intellect and humor.
(d) Plotting and manipulations.

3. What does Bloom reiterate about Christopher Marlowe?
(a) That he was a youngest son.
(b) That he drank heavily while writing.
(c) That he was older than Shakespeare.
(d) That he was murdered by English government agents.

4. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Caliban.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Iago.
(d) Regan and Goneril.

5. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) As convoluted.
(b) As fantasy.
(c) As weak.
(d) As inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?

2. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?

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

4. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?

5. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?

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