Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

William Shakespeare

John Marston

Ben Jonson

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

1610

1619

1600

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

tragedy

history

romance

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

lament

satire

apology

city comedy
6 The alternate title of the play is

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

The Fountain of Self-Love

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

The Children of the Revels

The Children of the Chapel

The King's Men

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime

Christmas

Easter
9 The play was first published in

1599

1633

1601

1610
10 The play was originally published in which form?

pamphlet

manuscript

folio

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

War of the Words

Lost Plays

Playwright War

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

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Philip Massinger

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

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Donne

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

Echo

Crites

Cynthia

Moria
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in

two acts

four acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

soldiers

royalty

commoners

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

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?

Anaides

Cupid

Cynthia

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

largely unpopular

banned from performance

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success
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

Satire

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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