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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 for men, women are all the same in the dark.
(b) That war is the condition for which people seem to have been created.
(c) That love is the only thing keeping people from savagery.
(d) That love is always ultimately destructive.

2. What does Bloom say constitutes the darkness of "Cymbeline"?
(a) Posthumous is ineffective against Iachino's manipulations.
(b) There is a suggestion that Imogen might be unfaithful at heart.
(c) Iachino is not killed off, but he can continue his evil ways.
(d) Cymbeline is still jealous, even after he repents sentencing his wife to death for betrayal.

3. What id Dryden's objection to Caliban's depiction?
(a) That he is only truly savage under the influence of drink, and cannot be bestial otherwise.
(b) That he is still a European political persona.
(c) That he cannot be savage if he can speak.
(d) That a half-man is not a natural man.

4. How does A. C. Bradley describe Cleopatra?
(a) As a bore.
(b) As an inexhaustible character.
(c) As the summit of selfishness.
(d) As the strongest of Shakespeare's women.

5. How does Bloom characterize Coriolanus as a character of Shakespeare's?
(a) More doubtful than most.
(b) More powerful than most.
(c) Not very introspective.
(d) Not passive at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character Timon of Athens do to his guests?

2. What important character does Bloom say Iago influenced?

3. How does Bloom characterize Theseus in "Two Noble Kinsmen"?

4. How does Helena conceive Bertram's child?

5. What does Bloom say he suspects Shakespeare of, in "Henry V"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bloom's estimation of "Henry VIII"?

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

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

4. What does Bloom say is the moral of "All's Well That Ends Well"?

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

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

7. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in its history?

8. What does Bloom say is the difference between 'Othello' "Cymbeline"?

9. What does Bloom say is the flaw of "Coriolanus"?

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

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