Bartholomew Fair Quizzes

Bartholomew Fair Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Bartholomew Fair?
William Shakespeare

John Webster

Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson
2 Bartholomew Fair was written during the ___.
Elizabethan period

Jacobean period

Carolinian period

Victorian period
3 Bartholomew Fair was first performed in ___.
1631

1620

1614

1599
4 The play debuted on what is now the holiday ___.
Michaelmas

Halloween

All Saint's Day

Christmas
5 The play was first performed at the ___.
Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Hope Theatre
6 The company to first perform the play was ___.
Lord Chamberlain's Men

The Queen's Men

The Admiral's Men

Lady Elizabeth's Men
7 The play first appeared in print in ___.
1616

1625

1631

1666
8 The first print edition of the play was a ___.
pamphlet

novel

quarto

folio
9 Bartholomew Fair is a/an ___.
romance

tragedy

history

comedy
10 Ben Jonson is credited with inventing the ___.
city comedy

dumb show

revenge tragedy

play-within-a-play
11 Bartholomew Fair takes place in ___.
Manchester

Windsor

Bath

London
12 The historical Bartholomew Fair was held at ___.
Nottingham

Gray's Inn

Northfield

Smithfield
13 Bartholomew Fair lasted in England for roughly ___.
12 centuries

2 centuries

7 centuries

4 centuries
14 Bartholomew Fair was held in ___.
April

August

June

October
15 The place where the fair was held was also home to ___.
a football tournament

brothels

William Shakespeare

public executions
16 The fair typically lasted ___.
four days

three weeks

one week

one month
17 Which of these is not an element of city comedy?
Realistic plots

Lower-class characters

Set in London

Supernatural forces
18 Who was on the English throne when Bartholomew Fair was performed?
King Henry VIII

King James I

Queen Elizabeth I

King Charles I
19 Of all his popular comedies, Bartholomew Fair is considered the playwright's most ___.
experimental play

satirical play

serious play

autobiographical
20 Which of these was not written by Ben Jonson?
The Alchemist

Every Man in his Humour

Epiceone

Arden of Faversham
21 Bartholomew Fair was originally a ___.
celebration of a holiday

trading event

religious ceremony

playhouse
22 The fair traditionally drew crowds from ___.
all of English society

the English lower class

the English upper class

other countries
23 The play covers a narrative timeline of ___.
one day

one week

two hours

three days
24 The tone of the play is ___.
apathetic

satirical

bleak

solemn
25 The play is written in ___.
12 scenes

5 acts

4 acts

3 acts

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