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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?
(a) A distortion of history.
(b) A parody of himself.
(c) A lamentable error.
(d) A monstrosity.

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

4. How does Bloom characterize the marriage between Beatrice and Benedick?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Sufficient.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Ideal.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who whom does Bloom compare Beatrice and Benedick from "Much Ado About Nothing"?

3. Who does Viola end up with in "Twelfth Night"?

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

5. What does Feste do to Malvolio?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"?

2. What makes Rosalind a great character in "As You Like It"?

3. How does Bloom say Shakespeare confronts the viewer's personality in "Comedy of Errors"?

4. What is the cause of the comedy in "Love's Labor's Lost", according to Bloom?

5. What does Bloom say is the main action of "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

6. What similarity does Bloom say there is between "Twelfth Night" and a Ben Jonson play?

7. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?

8. What does Bloom say is the true subject of "Julius Caesar"?

9. What does Bloom say is the primary rival for Romeo and Juliet's affections?

10. What is Bloom's estimation of "Richard III"?

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