Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

John Marston

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

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

1610

1619

1589

1600
3 The play was originally performed at the

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

history

tragedy

romance

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

apology

city comedy

satire

lament
6 The alternate title of the play is

Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

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 King's Men

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

Christmas

Easter

Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in

1610

1633

1601

1599
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

Playwright War

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

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

Philip Massinger

Thomas Dekker

Ben Jonson

John Marston
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?

Echo

Moria

Cynthia

Crites
15 The play takes place in

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in

three acts

five acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

soldiers

courtiers

royalty

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of

Persephone

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

William Shakespeare

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is

Dover

Athens

Sparta

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

Mercury

Anaides

Cupid

Cynthia
22 During its original performances, the play was

largely unpopular

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

a resounding success
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?

Hyde Park

The Alchemist

Volpone

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

City Comedy

Historical Romance

Satire

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

early in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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