Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Marston
2 In what year was the play originally performed?

1619

1610

1589

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

history

tragedy

romance

comedy
5 Cynthia's Revels is also considered a/an

apology

city comedy

lament

satire
6 The alternate title of the play is

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love

Cynthia's Fountain
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel
8 The play was first performed during

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter

Christmas

Summertime
9 The play was first published in

1601

1633

1610

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?

quarto

pamphlet

folio

manuscript
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the

Poetomachia

Playwright War

War of the Words

Lost Plays
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents

Thomas Dekker

John Donne

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?

Cynthia

Moria

Crites

Echo
15 The play takes place in

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in

four acts

two acts

three acts

five acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

courtiers

royalty

soldiers

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of

Persephone

Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is

Gargaphie

Sparta

Dover

Athens
21 Which character only appears in the final act of the play?

Cupid

Mercury

Anaides

Cynthia
22 During its original performances, the play was

largely unpopular

a resounding success

banned from performance

Elizabeth I's favorite
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

The Alchemist
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of

Historical Romance

Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

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