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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 is Bloom's complaint about "Henry VIII"?

2. Who whom does Fluellen compare Henry V?

3. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

4. What does Iachino want from Imogen?

5. What was John Fletcher's role in "Henry VIII", according to Bloom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the role of love in "King Lear", according to Bloom?

4. Where does Bloom say "Winter's Tale" sits in Shakespeare's folio?

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

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

7. What purpose does Bloom say "The Merry Wives of Windsor" serves among Shakespeare's plays?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What is the role of society in Shakespeare's writing, and what is its role in Bloom's thinking? Is society meant to be entered, resisted, overcome, evaded? How do Shakespeare and Bloom understand the imaginative person's place in society?

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