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

2. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?
(a) A caricature.
(b) A sacrificial character.
(c) A larger-than-life figure.
(d) A real person.

3. Who is Queen Mab, according to Bloom?
(a) The whore Mab.
(b) Queen Elizabeth I.
(c) Mercutio's wife.
(d) The powerful mobs of London.

4. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?
(a) Shakespeare used the play to denounce contemporary London.
(b) Shakespeare's patron was offended by the play.
(c) Shakespeare died before he finished it.
(d) Shakespeare felt the play was too personal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?

2. What does Bloom say is the definition of tragedy?

3. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?

4. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

5. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?

(see the answer key)

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