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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 quality has made "Julius Caesar" a favorite of the school curriculum?
(a) Its love story.
(b) Its tight plot.
(c) Its dramatization of bullying.
(d) Its betrayal.

2. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?
(a) Symphonic.
(b) Repetitive.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Fulfilling.

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

4. In what way does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" could be considered funny?
(a) As an existential comedy.
(b) As a comedy of errors.
(c) As a sadomasochistic exercise.
(d) As slapstick.

5. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Dr. Pinch.
(b) Antipholus.
(c) Dromio.
(d) Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Proteus drive into exile?

2. How does Bloom say Macbeth allows himself to pursue the crown?

3. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?

4. What does Iachino want from Imogen?

5. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?

(see the answer key)

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