Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Ben Jonson

John Marston

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1600

1589

1610

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

romance

tragedy

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

satire

city comedy

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

Narcissus's Curse

The Courtier's Seduction

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel
8 The play was first performed during
Christmas

Easter

Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in
1599

1601

1633

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

pamphlet

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?
Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson

John Marston

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

John Donne

William Shakespeare

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

Moria

Crites

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in
three acts

two acts

five acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

commoners

royalty

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

Persephone

Orpheus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
Thomas Wyatt

John Lyly

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Athens

Dover

Gargaphie

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

Anaides

Mercury

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

banned from performance

a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Hyde Park

The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

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

Satire

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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