Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

John Marston
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1619

1589

1610

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
romance

comedy

history

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

lament

city comedy

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

The Fountain of Self-Love

The Courtier's Seduction

Cynthia's Fountain
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
Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1610

1633

1601

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?
manuscript

pamphlet

quarto

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

Poetomachia

Lost Plays

Playwright War
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson

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

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Moria

Crites

Cynthia

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece

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

five acts

three acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

royalty

commoners

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Persephone

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
Christopher Marlowe

John Lyly

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Gargaphie

Sparta

Athens
21 Which character only appears in the final act of the play?
Cynthia

Mercury

Anaides

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

a resounding success

banned from performance

largely unpopular
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
Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Satire

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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