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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. How does Bloom describe performances of "Titus Andronicus"?
(a) As alternatively melodramatic and gut-wrenching.
(b) As alternatively over-done or undefined.
(c) As alternatively funny or horrifying.
(d) As alternatively crisp or incoherent.

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

3. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?
(a) Farce.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) History.

4. To what later character does Bloom connect Brutus from "Julius Caesar"?
(a) Caliban.
(b) Regan and Goneril.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Iago.

5. How is Joan of Arc depicted in "Henry VI", in Bloom's account?
(a) As a saint.
(b) As a sly, manipulative woman.
(c) As a maternal figure.
(d) As a whore/heroine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which critic does Bloom say was overwhelmed by Caesar?

3. What did Shakespeare create with pain, in Bloom's interpretation?

4. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?

5. How does Bloom characterize "Richard III"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize Richard III?

2. What does Bloom say Shakespeare's compare to in terms of world religion?

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

4. Who are the prominent critics Bloom cites as the most influential critics of Shakespeare?

5. How does Bloom characterize "Twelfth Night"?

6. How does Bloom say the relationship between men and women 'Love's Labor's Lost' is emblematic of the relations between the sexes in other plays?

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

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

9. What is Bloom's estimation of "Julius Caesar"?

10. What play does Bloom say influenced Shakespeare's "Henry VI"?

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