Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

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

1589

1619

1610

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

comedy

romance

tragedy

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

lament

apology

satire

city comedy
6 The alternate title of the play is

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love

The Courtier's Seduction

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

The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

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

Summertime

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter
9 The play was first published in

1633

1610

1599

1601
10 The play was originally published in which form?

pamphlet

folio

manuscript

quarto
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

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Thomas Dekker
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents

Thomas Dekker

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

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

Cynthia

Crites

Echo

Moria
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in

five acts

two acts

four acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

royalty

courtiers

commoners

soldiers
18 The play is based on the myth of

Daphne and Apollo

Persephone

Orpheus

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is

Dover

Sparta

Athens

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

Cynthia

Anaides

Cupid

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

banned from performance

largely unpopular

Elizabeth I's favorite

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

The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

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

Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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