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

4. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?
(a) Villains.
(b) Marriages.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Deaths.

5. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Malvolio.
(c) Cesario.
(d) Orsini.

6. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?
(a) Characters with inner lives.
(b) History plays.
(c) Characters who lived a world with modern weaponry.
(d) Tragicomedies.

7. What is Moth's role in "Love's Labor's Lost"?
(a) Villain.
(b) Comic sidekick.
(c) Lover.
(d) Hero.

8. How does Bloom characterize Shylock?
(a) As evil incarnate.
(b) As a buffoon.
(c) As a diminutive Barabas.
(d) As a comic villain.

9. What does Bloom say "Love's Labor's Lost" has in common with other plays?
(a) Surprising twists and turns.
(b) Love winning out against the odds.
(c) Heroes brought low and villains elevated.
(d) Mixing of social classes.

10. What is it about "Richard III" that leaves Bloom dissatisfied?
(a) The lack of inner dialogue.
(b) The lack of strong motivations for Richard.
(c) The excess of self-consciousness in the characters.
(d) The improbability of Lady Anne's seduction.

11. For what reason does Hal curse Falstaff in "Henry IV"?
(a) For corrupting his youth.
(b) For debasing his character.
(c) For losing the throne for him.
(d) For inconsistency.

12. How does Shakespeare use "As You Like It" to comment on his own politics?
(a) He cites Marlowe's political bravery as the reason for his outrageous dramas.
(b) He implores Marlowe to forgive him for trying to survive in trying times.
(c) He uses his characters to lament his political timidity.
(d) He uses allusions to Marlowe's death to assert his political cautiousness.

13. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
(a) They negotiate peace.
(b) They depart.
(c) They die.
(d) They reconcile.

14. What does Bloom say is the lesson of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?
(a) Love only brings suffering in the end.
(b) Whatever woman a man ends up with is fine.
(c) Revenge is as destructive to the person who seeks it as to the one who is visited with it.
(d) Humor is better for survival than love.

15. For whom is Shylock a predecessor, in Bloom's interpretation?
(a) Caesar in "Julius Caesar".
(b) Macbeth in "Macbeth".
(c) Edmund in "King Lear".
(d) Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream".