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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Bloom say writers began to write after Shakespeare?
2. How does Bloom characterize Richard II's metaphors?
3. To whom does Bloom characterize Rosalind in "As You Like It"?
4. How does the play resolve the tension between Oberon and Titania?
5. Who gets hurt in "Comedy of Errors"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Bloom see resonances of "Julius Caesar" in other plays?
2. What is Bloom's estimation of "Julius Caesar"?
3. What makes Rosalind a great character in "As You Like It"?
4. What is the cause of the comedy in "Love's Labor's Lost", according to Bloom?
5. What is it about Falstaff that Bloom likes so much?
6. What does Bloom say Shakespeare's compare to in terms of world religion?
7. What personality development does Bloom describe in "Taming of the Shrew"?
8. How does Bloom characterize "Much Ado About Nothing"?
9. What similarity does Bloom say there is between "Twelfth Night" and a Ben Jonson play?
10. What does Bloom say "Henry VI" did for Shakespeare?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Are there places where you feel like Bloom got an interpretation wrong, or not completely right? Where would you supplement or correct his insights? Where would you quibble with his analysis? If you can't find a place to quibble, identify the place where he is most convincing, and other critics seem to have been less insightful than him.
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
Describe Bloom's critical perspective. What matters to him, and what parts of Shakespeare's plays, and the commentary on them, is uninteresting? How does he justify his focus?
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