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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What charge does Bloom defend the faeries in "Midsummer Night's Dream" from?
(a) That they are arbitrary.
(b) That they are archetypes.
(c) That they are super-human.
(d) That they are proto-human.

3. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?
(a) Later villains.
(b) More complex histories.
(c) More self-reflective heroes.
(d) More believable female characters.

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

5. What doe G. K. Chesterton say Rosalind is seeking in the woods?
(a) Her adult self.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her masculine self.
(d) Her lover.

6. Who does Proteus drive into exile?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Julia.
(c) Launce.
(d) Silvia.

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

8. What play does Bloom say "Henry VI" resembles?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) 'Tis Pity She's a Whore.
(c) Tamberlaine the Great.
(d) Doctor Faustus.

9. What quality do Faulconbridge and Hamlet have in common, according to Bloom?
(a) They are both sons of kings.
(b) They are both paralyzed by doubts.
(c) They are both larger than life.
(d) They are both unsuccessful contenders for thrones.

10. How does Bloom characterize Faulconbridge?
(a) As the last Marlowe-type character in Shakespeare.
(b) As the first of the renaissance men in Shakespeare's plays.
(c) As the first Shakespearean character.
(d) As the most Shakespearean character in Shakespeare's plays.

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

12. In what way does Bloom say Shakespeare departs from Marlowe's precursor "The Jew of Malta"?
(a) The Jews are more caricaturist.
(b) The play is more overtly anti-Semitic.
(c) The Jew is more monstrous.
(d) The Christians are as vicious as the Jew.

13. Where are Faulconbridge's speeches reflected?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) Shakespeare's sonnets.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Henry IV.

14. To whom does Bloom characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Iago.
(d) Beatrice.

15. What makes "Love's Labor's Lost" one of Bloom's favorite plays?
(a) Loveable characters.
(b) Complex plotting.
(c) Verbal fireworks.
(d) Subtlety of inner dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bloom say is the chief rival for each of the young lovers?

2. Who is Berowne pitted against in "Love's Labor's Lost"?

3. What does Bloom say is the purpose of Falstaff's philosophizing?

4. Who is the center of the subplot in "Twelfth Night"?

5. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?

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