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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. Who is the center of the subplot in "Twelfth Night"?
(a) Malvolio.
(b) Cesario.
(c) Olivia.
(d) Orsini.

2. What is Moth's role in "Love's Labor's Lost"?
(a) Villain.
(b) Hero.
(c) Comic sidekick.
(d) Lover.

3. What are the relationships in "Love's Labor's Lost" motivated by?
(a) Physical lust.
(b) Political ambition.
(c) Fear of cuckolding.
(d) Religious longing.

4. How does "Taming of the Shrew" begin?
(a) With a battle.
(b) With a murder.
(c) With a marriage.
(d) With a play within a play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?

2. How does Bloom characterize the character of Richard III?

3. What book does Bloom compare Shakespeare's plays to, in measuring their influence on Western culture?

4. How does Bloom characterize "Two Gentlemen of Verona"?

5. How does Bloom characterize Caesar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Bloom describe the meaning of his title, "The Invention of the Human"?

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

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