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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Coda: The Shakespeare Difference, A Word at the End: Foregrounding.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was John Fletcher's role in "Henry VIII", according to Bloom?
(a) He authored the script.
(b) He helped with the writing.
(c) He wrote the first draft for Shakespeare.
(d) He wrote the source play for Shakespeare's play.

3. M. C. Bradbrook describes "Pericles" as half spectacle and half what?
(a) Prophetic vision.
(b) Satyr play.
(c) Farce.
(d) Tragedy.

4. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?
(a) Nietzsche's.
(b) Aristotle's.
(c) Hegel's.
(d) Plato's.

5. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Frost.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What id Dryden's objection to Caliban's depiction?

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

3. What is Bloom's complaint about "Henry VIII"?

4. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?

5. What does Bloom say constitutes the darkness of "Cymbeline"?

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