Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1600

1589

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
romance

history

tragedy

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

satire

city comedy

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

Cynthia's Fountain

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Chapel

The King's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men
8 The play was first performed during
Elizabeth's coronation

Easter

Summertime

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1599

1610

1601

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

pamphlet

manuscript

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

Playwright War

Poetomachia

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

Ben Jonson

Philip Massinger

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

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

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

Crites

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

commoners

courtiers

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

Orpheus

Narcissus

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

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is
Athens

Gargaphie

Dover

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

Cynthia

Cupid

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

Elizabeth I's favorite

largely unpopular

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

Hyde Park

The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
late in Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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