Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

John Marston

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1600

1589

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

history

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

city comedy

lament

satire
6 The alternate title of the play is
The Fountain of Self-Love

Narcissus's Curse

The Courtier's Seduction

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

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Children of the Revels
8 The play was first performed during
Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1633

1601

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
War of the Words

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

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

Thomas Dekker

John Marston

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

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Moria

Echo

Cynthia

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in
four acts

two acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

commoners

soldiers

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus

Persephone
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is
Sparta

Dover

Athens

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

Cupid

Anaides

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
largely unpopular

a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

The Alchemist

Hyde Park
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
City Comedy

Historical Romance

Satire

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
late in Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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