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?
1610

1600

1619

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the
Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
romance

history

comedy

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

lament

satire

apology
6 The alternate title of the play is
The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

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 King's Men

The Children of the Chapel
8 The play was first performed during
Elizabeth's coronation

Easter

Summertime

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1601

1633

1610

1599
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

Poetomachia

War of the Words

Lost Plays
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
John Marston

Philip Massinger

Thomas Dekker

Ben Jonson
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

Thomas Dekker

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

Cynthia

Echo

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in
five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

commoners

soldiers

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Orpheus

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

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

William Shakespeare

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Dover

Athens

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

Cynthia

Anaides

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
a resounding success

largely unpopular

banned from performance

Elizabeth I's favorite
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

Volpone

The Alchemist
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

late in Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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