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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. Who dominates the "The Merchant of Venice", according to Bloom?
2. What does Bloom say Samuel Johnson dreaded to see in Shakespeare's plays?
3. What does Bloom say "Richard III" is a rehearsal for?
4. How does Bloom characterize characters like Hamlet and Falstaff?
5. Who is the center of the subplot in "Twelfth Night"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does "Romeo and Juliet" prefigure, in Bloom's interpretation?
2. What personality development does Bloom describe in "Taming of the Shrew"?
3. What similarity does Bloom say there is between "Twelfth Night" and a Ben Jonson play?
4. What does Bloom say is the primary rival for Romeo and Juliet's affections?
5. How does Bloom say Shakespeare confronts the viewer's personality in "Comedy of Errors"?
6. How does Bloom describe the meaning of his title, "The Invention of the Human"?
7. What is it about Falstaff that Bloom likes so much?
8. How does Bloom characterize the character Shylock?
9. What aspect of Nietzsche's philosophy is present in "Richard II", in Bloom's interpretation?
10. What is the cause of the comedy in "Love's Labor's Lost", according to Bloom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Bloom says that he values interior development, but what is it that he wants to see characters be aware of? Where does the actual world of lived experience figure in Bloom's analysis of Shakespeare's writing or of writing in general?
Essay Topic 2
Write a character sketch of the Nietzsche whom Bloom describes as a presence in Shakespeare's plays. How does Bloom delineate Nietzsche's philosophy and his character?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Shakespeare's hierarchy of values. What is most important to him. What is least? Similarly, describe Bloom's hierarchy of values.
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