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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. M. C. Bradbrook describes "Pericles" as half spectacle and half what?

2. How does Thersites avoid being killed?

3. What is the sentence for Claudio's unlawful fornication?

4. How does Bloom characterize the love affair between Antony and Cleopatra?

5. Why was Caliban suffering, according to critic Browning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Bloom say is the focus of "Antony and Cleopatra"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does Bloom say is Shakespeare's relationship with Christopher Marlow? How is that relation borne out? Where does Bloom see evidence of it?

Essay Topic 3

What does Bloom say Shakespeare teaches us about the relation between men and women? That women are stronger? That men are? Use examples from Bloom's analysis to formulate your argument.

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