Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1600

1589

1610

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

history

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

apology

city comedy

lament
6 The alternate title of the play is
The Fountain of Self-Love

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction
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
Easter

Christmas

Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in
1599

1601

1610

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

folio

manuscript

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

War of the Words

Playwright War

Lost Plays
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson

John Marston

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

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker

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

Crites

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

courtiers

commoners

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

Narcissus

Orpheus

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

John Lyly

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Athens

Sparta

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

Cynthia

Mercury

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

a resounding success

banned from performance

Elizabeth I's favorite
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

The Alchemist

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Satire
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

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