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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 counters Richard II's character in "Richard II"?
(a) Bolingbroke.
(b) The Earl of Southampton.
(c) Henry IV.
(d) Faulconbridge.

2. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?
(a) Hazlitt.
(b) W. H. Auden.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) A.C. Bradley.

3. What did "Titus Andronicus" accomplish for Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Forced him to return to original material.
(b) Turned him toward poetry, and away from the stage.
(c) Showed him the limits of evil.
(d) Purged his imagination of Marlowe.

4. What was Wilkins' role in "Pericles"?
(a) He wrote the whole play.
(b) He made substantive changes to the only surviving manuscript of the play.
(c) He wrote the first two acts.
(d) He wrote the play on which Shakespeare based his 'Pericles'.

5. What does Bloom say is the relationship between "The Merchant of Venice" and "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) A transference.
(b) A reaction formation.
(c) A turning away.
(d) An inversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say makes Falstaff a great character?

2. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?

3. How does Bloom characterize "Julius Caesar"?

4. How does Bloom say Nietzsche saw the character of Hamlet?

5. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

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