Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
William Shakespeare

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1619

1600

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the
Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

comedy

history
5 Cynthia's Revels is also considered a/an
lament

apology

satire

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

Cynthia's Fountain

The Fountain of Self-Love

Narcissus's Curse
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

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

Christmas

Easter

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1610

1601

1633

1599
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

Poetomachia

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

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

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

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker

John Donne
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Cynthia

Crites

Moria

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

two acts

four acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

courtiers

commoners

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

Persephone

Narcissus

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

Thomas Wyatt

John Lyly

William Shakespeare
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Gargaphie

Sparta

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

Cynthia

Anaides

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

a resounding success

banned from performance

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

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

Hyde Park
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy
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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