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

2. To what philosopher does Bloom compare Falstaff?
(a) Plato.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Nietzsche.

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

4. Who is Berowne pitted against in "Love's Labor's Lost"?
(a) The Princess.
(b) Moth.
(c) Armando.
(d) Rosaline.

5. What does Faulconbridge save of his father's?
(a) His father's power.
(b) His father's estate.
(c) His father's philosophy.
(d) His father's honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way has Shakespeare outdone Marlowe with Aaron the Moor?

2. How does Bloom characterize Shakespeare's women?

3. What kind of play is "Taming of the Shrew"?

4. What song reminds Bloom of this other work?

5. Whom do Antipholus and Dromio discover when they arrive in Ephesus, in "Comedy of Errors"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bloom characterize "Twelfth Night"?

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

4. How does Bloom defend "Midsummer Night's Dream" from criticism?

5. What does Bloom say distinguished Faulconbridge among Shakespeare's characters?

6. What personality development does Bloom describe in "Taming of the Shrew"?

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

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

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

10. What is it about Falstaff that Bloom likes so much?

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