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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Falstaff.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Alexander the Great.

2. Whose appearance marks a shift in Act IV of "Winter's Tale"?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Autolycus.
(c) Perdita.
(d) Paula.

3. What id Dryden's objection to Caliban's depiction?
(a) That he is still a European political persona.
(b) That he is only truly savage under the influence of drink, and cannot be bestial otherwise.
(c) That a half-man is not a natural man.
(d) That he cannot be savage if he can speak.

4. What character does Bloom say follows Shakespeare's "Pericles"?
(a) Melville's Ahab.
(b) Milton's Adam.
(c) Milton's Satan.
(d) Hawthorne's Hester Prynne.

5. Whom does Bloom say Iachino in "Cymbeline" resembles?
(a) Othello.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Iago.

6. Why does Bloom say "Timon of Athens" was never performed?
(a) Shakespeare died before he finished it.
(b) Shakespeare's patron was offended by the play.
(c) Shakespeare used the play to denounce contemporary London.
(d) Shakespeare felt the play was too personal.

7. Whose greatness does "Henry VIII" prophecy?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Anne Boleyn.
(c) Queen Elizabeth I.
(d) Joan of Arc.

8. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?
(a) "Falstaff".
(b) "The Barber of Seville".
(c) "Tosca".
(d) "Carmen".

9. How does Thersites avoid being killed?
(a) By cunning.
(b) By undignified begging.
(c) By cowardliness.
(d) By intrigue.

10. What does Fluellen's comparison mean for Henry V?
(a) He will be betrayed by his friends.
(b) He will avoid responsibilities.
(c) He will turn on his friends.
(d) He will enjoy great power.

11. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) Not very introspective.
(b) More powerful than most.
(c) Not passive at all.
(d) More doubtful than most.

12. What was Shakespeare's contribution to "Two Noble Kinsmen"?
(a) Act III and Act V.
(b) Act I and parts of Act III and V.
(c) He wrote the whole play.
(d) Act I through Act IV.

13. What does Bloom say in response to the criticism that Shakespeare copied Hamlet from other sources?
(a) That he always improved on his sources.
(b) That Shakespeare was not even one person.
(c) That copying was common practice.
(d) That Shakespeare had bought the rights to the other works.

14. What important character does Bloom say Iago influenced?
(a) Emerson's Transparent Eyeball.
(b) Milton's Satan.
(c) Melville's Ahab.
(d) Whitman's Self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose philosophy does Bloom say Iago embodies?

2. What does Bloom say is the problem with the character of Coriolanus?

3. What does Bloom say brings Anthony back to Cleopatra?

4. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?

5. How does Bloom say Macbeth allows himself to pursue the crown?

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