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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. What does Bloom say is King John's biggest problem?
(a) His son.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

2. How does Bloom say Shakespeare supplemented his work as a writer?
(a) By building theatres.
(b) By investing in merchant shipping.
(c) By directing.
(d) By promoting.

3. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?
(a) As propaganda for the socialist state.
(b) As a criticism of the French.
(c) As anti-communist propaganda.
(d) As a patriotic statement.

4. Bloom describes a Nietzschean tendency toward what, in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Truth.
(b) Play.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Anarchy.

5. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Measure for Measure"?
(a) Resplendently happy.
(b) Miserable.
(c) A concession to necessity.
(d) Barely happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose riddle does Pericles solve at the beginning of the play?

2. What is the sentence for Claudio's unlawful fornication?

3. To what philosopher does Bloom compare Falstaff?

4. Which does Bloom NOT describe as one of Shakespeare's most fascinating characters?

5. In "A Word at the End", who does Bloom say influenced Shakespeare?

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