Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson

John Marston

William Shakespeare
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1600

1619

1610

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the
Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
romance

history

tragedy

comedy
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 Revels

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1633

1599

1601

1610
10 The play was originally published in which form?
quarto

manuscript

pamphlet

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

Lost Plays

War of the Words

Poetomachia
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Ben Jonson

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Thomas Dekker
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker

John Donne

Christopher Marlowe
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Moria

Echo

Cynthia

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

four acts

two acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

courtiers

royalty

commoners
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
Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Lyly
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

Anaides

Mercury

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

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

largely unpopular
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
The Alchemist

Volpone

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
City Comedy

Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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