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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 does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(b) That for men, women are all the same in the dark.
(c) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.
(d) That love is always ultimately destructive.

2. What does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" might have been designed to do?
(a) Resolve personal quandaries of Shakespeare's.
(b) Make a lot of money for the theatre company.
(c) Propitiate the queen with light humor.
(d) Urge the government to make reforms.

3. How does Bloom characterize the match between Helena and Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well"?
(a) As a rare, normal marriage.
(b) As one of many marriages that plays games with gender roles.
(c) As a rare exception to the rule that love is generally destructive.
(d) Typical mismatch.

4. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Falstaff.
(d) Alexander the Great.

5. What objection does Dr. Johnson make about "Cymbeline"?
(a) The character's motivations are not clear.
(b) The villain's motives are not explicit.
(c) There are too many sudden shifts.
(d) The action is unbelievable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What opera is based on "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

2. What does Bloom say is the heart of "Antony and Cleopatra"?

3. What does Bloom say is the center of "The Tempest'?

4. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?

5. What does Bloom say in response to Hamlet's claim that he was a prisoner in Denmark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bloom say is the heart of "Macbeth"?

2. What flaws does Bloom say complicate "Cymbeline"?

3. What interpretation does Bloom say he favors for Caliban in "The Tempest"?

4. What insight does Bloom say "All's Well That Ends Well" gives us into marriage?

5. What does Bloom say makes "Hamlet" so fascinating?

6. What view does Bloom take on Iago's character?

7. Where does Bloom see comedy in "Antony and Cleopatra"?

8. What is the moral of "Measure for Measure", in Bloom's account?

9. What does Bloom say is the heart of "The Tempest"?

10. What does Bloom say is the political subtext of "Troilus and Cressida"?

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