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?
1619

1600

1610

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the
Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

romance

tragedy

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

lament

city comedy

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

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love

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

The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1633

1599

1601

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

quarto

manuscript

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

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

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

John Marston

Philip Massinger

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

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Cynthia

Moria

Crites

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice
16 The play is written in
five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

courtiers

commoners

soldiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo

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

William Shakespeare

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Sparta

Gargaphie

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

Cupid

Cynthia

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

largely unpopular

a resounding success
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
Satire

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

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