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

3. What first makes the character of Titus Andronicus unsympathetic?
(a) The death of Lavinia.
(b) The arrest of Mercutio.
(c) The sacrifice of Tamora's son.
(d) The seduction of Desdemona.

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

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

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

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

8. Who claims that Shakespeare invented the human personality?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Harold Bloom.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) Hamlet.

9. What do writers tend toward, after Shakespeare, according to Bloom?
(a) Sadomasochism.
(b) Political visions.
(c) Oedipal urges.
(d) Self-reflection.

10. Which term describes Kate's speech about the proper behavior of a wife toward a husband?
(a) Harangue.
(b) Irony.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Liturgy.

11. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
(a) Larger than life.
(b) Pure fiction.
(c) Purely literary.
(d) Creations of language itself.

12. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Their long lost twins.
(c) Their master.
(d) Their servants.

13. What does T. S. Eliot say overwhelms "Romeo and Juliet"?
(a) The tragic ending.
(b) The power of the love between Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The conservatism of the feuding families.
(d) The improbability of the deaths.

14. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A disguised political satire.
(b) A battle of the sexes.
(c) A festive comedy.
(d) A screwball comedy.

15. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?
(a) A sacrificial character.
(b) A caricature.
(c) A real person.
(d) A larger-than-life figure.