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?
1589

1600

1610

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

history

romance

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

apology

city comedy

satire
6 The alternate title of the play is
Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

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 Chapel

The Children of the Revels

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1610

1599

1601

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

folio

quarto

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

Lost Plays

War of the Words

Poetomachia
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
Thomas Dekker

John Donne

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Crites

Moria

Echo

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

two acts

four acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
courtiers

soldiers

commoners

royalty
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Persephone

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo
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
Sparta

Athens

Dover

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

Cynthia

Mercury

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

largely unpopular

a resounding success

banned from performance
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

Hyde Park
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance

Satire

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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