Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

Ben Jonson

John Marston

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
2 In what year was the play originally performed?

1589

1619

1610

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

romance

comedy

tragedy

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

city comedy

lament

satire

apology
6 The alternate title of the play is

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The King's Men
8 The play was first performed during

Easter

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime
9 The play was first published in

1610

1633

1599

1601
10 The play was originally published in which form?

pamphlet

quarto

folio

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

War of the Words

Poetomachia

Lost Plays

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

Ben Jonson

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

William Shakespeare

John Donne
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?

Crites

Cynthia

Echo

Moria
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in

three acts

five acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

courtiers

commoners

soldiers

royalty
18 The play is based on the myth of

Daphne and Apollo

Persephone

Narcissus

Orpheus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Wyatt

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is

Sparta

Dover

Gargaphie

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

Cupid

Cynthia

Anaides

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

largely unpopular

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

a resounding success
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

The Alchemist

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance

Satire

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

early in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

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