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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 love causes in "King Lear"?
(a) Resolution.
(b) Justice.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Harmony.

2. What pleased Ben Jonson about Shakespeare's "Henry VIII"?
(a) Its improvement on history.
(b) Its exposure of royal corruption.
(c) Its praise of the royal line.
(d) Its departure from historical facts.

3. How does Bloom say "Henry V" has been used in England?
(a) As anti-communist propaganda.
(b) As propaganda for the socialist state.
(c) As a criticism of the French.
(d) As a patriotic statement.

4. Why does Janet Adelman say that Cordelia had to be murdered in "King Lear"?
(a) To prevent love from being triumphant.
(b) To preserve the play's philosophy consistently.
(c) To protect the masculinity of the play.
(d) To counter the demise of Regan and Goneril.

5. 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 a half-man is not a natural man.
(c) That he is still a European political persona.
(d) That he cannot be savage if he can speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Shakespeare's contribution to "Two Noble Kinsmen"?

2. In what way does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" could be considered funny?

3. How does Bloom characterize the Falstaff of "The Merry Wives of Windsor"?

4. Whose skepticism does Bloom describe behind Hamlet's philosophizing?

5. What does Bloom say he prefers for representations of Caliban?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bloom say was Shakespeare's role in "Two Noble Kinsmen"?

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

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

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

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

6. What parallel does Bloom describe between characters Henry V and Alexander the Great?

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

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

9. What warning does Bloom say Emerson makes about ''King Lear"?

10. How does Bloom characterize the play "Pericles"?

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