Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

Ben Jonson

John Marston

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?

1610

1600

1619

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the

Whitefriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

tragedy

history

romance

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

satire

city comedy

lament

apology
6 The alternate title of the play is

Narcissus's Curse

The Courtier's Seduction

The Fountain of Self-Love

Cynthia's Fountain
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels
8 The play was first performed during

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter

Summertime

Christmas
9 The play was first published in

1610

1601

1599

1633
10 The play was originally published in which form?

pamphlet

manuscript

folio

quarto
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

Playwright War

War of the Words
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

John Donne

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

Crites

Echo

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice
16 The play is written in

four acts

five acts

two acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

commoners

courtiers

royalty

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

John Lyly

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is

Gargaphie

Sparta

Athens

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

Cynthia

Cupid

Anaides

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

largely unpopular

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

Volpone

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

The Alchemist
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of

Historical Romance

Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

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