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?
1600

1610

1589

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
romance

comedy

history

tragedy
5 Cynthia's Revels is also considered a/an
satire

lament

city comedy

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

Cynthia's Fountain

Narcissus's Curse

The Courtier's Seduction
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Children of the Chapel

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1633

1601

1599

1610
10 The play was originally published in which form?
manuscript

quarto

pamphlet

folio
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
War of the Words

Playwright War

Lost Plays

Poetomachia
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Philip Massinger

Thomas Dekker

Ben Jonson

John Marston
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?
Echo

Crites

Cynthia

Moria
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
two acts

five acts

four acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

courtiers

royalty

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of
Orpheus

Persephone

Daphne and Apollo

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

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
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

Anaides

Cupid

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
Elizabeth I's favorite

largely unpopular

banned from performance

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

Volpone

Hyde Park

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

City Comedy

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

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