Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
John Marston

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1619

1589

1610

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the
Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

comedy

tragedy

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

lament

city comedy

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

Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Chapel

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

Summertime

Easter

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in
1601

1599

1610

1633
10 The play was originally published in which form?
folio

pamphlet

quarto

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

War of the Words

Playwright War

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

Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson

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

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

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

Crites

Moria

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in
two acts

four acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

courtiers

soldiers

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Persephone

Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Athens

Sparta

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

Mercury

Cupid

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

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

banned from performance
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
City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance

Satire
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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