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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 Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?
(a) Injustice.
(b) Villains.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Deaths.

2. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A disguised political satire.
(b) A screwball comedy.
(c) A festive comedy.
(d) A battle of the sexes.

3. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(b) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.
(c) They are both larger than life.
(d) They are both sons of kings.

4. In what way did Shakespeare make progress as he wrote his plays?
(a) By fulfilling his characters' desires.
(b) By incorporating his characters' lives and times in their actions.
(c) By illuminating his characters' pasts.
(d) By developing his characters' personalities.

5. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?
(a) Subtlety of inner dialogue.
(b) Loveable characters.
(c) Complex plotting.
(d) Verbal fireworks.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did Cressida betray Troilus?

2. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Measure for Measure"?

3. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?

4. Who is Faulconbridge's father?

5. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

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