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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Berowne's narcissism opposed by?
(a) The indifference of nature.
(b) Brute masculine force.
(c) Female intellect and humor.
(d) Plotting and manipulations.

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

4. What kinds of interpretations of "Midsummer Night's Dream" does Bloom say he resents?
(a) Interpretations that treat the play as a political drama.
(b) Interpretations that minimize the war of the sexes.
(c) Interpretations that over-sexualize the play.
(d) Interpretations that turn the play into a dark spectacle.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does "Henry VI" end?
(a) With Henry VI being born.
(b) With Henry VI being married.
(c) With Henry VI being crowned.
(d) With Henry VI being dying in the Tower.

11. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?
(a) The seduction scene.
(b) The soliloquies.
(c) The battle scene.
(d) The Marlovian influence.

12. To what philosopher does Bloom compare Falstaff?
(a) Alcibiades.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

13. What upsets Bloom about the ending of "The Merchant of Venice"?
(a) Shylock's default.
(b) Shylock's death.
(c) Shylock taking his pound of flesh.
(d) Shylock's forced conversion.

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

15. What does Feste do to Malvolio?
(a) Admire.
(b) Torment.
(c) Thwart.
(d) Idealize.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which critic is NOT a 'romantic' critic?

2. Who does Bloom say influenced his view of Shakespeare?

3. What complicates the action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona", according to Bloom?

4. How does Bloom characterize the end of "Richard III"?

5. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?

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