Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston

Ben Jonson
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1619

1600

1589

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the
Whitefriars Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

comedy

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

satire

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 Revels

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Chapel

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1599

1601

1610

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

manuscript

quarto

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

Poetomachia

War of the Words

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

John Marston

Philip Massinger

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

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

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

Moria

Crites

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in
five acts

two acts

three acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
courtiers

commoners

royalty

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

Orpheus

Persephone

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

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Dover

Sparta

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

Cupid

Anaides

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

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

banned from performance
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Bartholomew Fair

The Alchemist

Hyde Park

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance
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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