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

3. How does C. L. Barber characterize "Twelfth Night"?
(a) A screwball comedy.
(b) A festive comedy.
(c) A disguised political satire.
(d) A battle of the sexes.

4. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?
(a) Portia.
(b) Shylock.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Antonio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bloom say almost overwhelms him about "Richard III"?

2. What does Feste do to Malvolio?

3. To what philosopher does Bloom compare Falstaff?

4. What does Bloom say makes Caesar fascinating?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bloom characterize "Twelfth Night"?

2. What does "Romeo and Juliet" prefigure, in Bloom's interpretation?

3. What was Nietzsche's influence on Bloom's view of Shakespeare?

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

5. What is Marlowe's influence on "Titus Andronicus"?

6. Where does Bloom see resonances of "Julius Caesar" in other plays?

7. What does Bloom say "Henry VI" did for Shakespeare?

8. What step does Bloom say Shakespeare took, with "The Merchant of Venice", beyond Marlowe's style?

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

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

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