Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
John Marston

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1600

1589

1619

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the
Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

romance

tragedy

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

city comedy

lament

apology
6 The alternate title of the play is
Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The King's Men

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1599

1633

1610

1601
10 The play was originally published in which form?
quarto

manuscript

pamphlet

folio
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
Lost Plays

Playwright War

War of the Words

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

William Shakespeare

John Donne

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

Cynthia

Crites

Moria
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in
five acts

four acts

three acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
courtiers

commoners

royalty

soldiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Daphne and Apollo

Narcissus

Persephone

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

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Sparta

Athens

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

Anaides

Cynthia

Cupid
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?
The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

Volpone
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

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

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