Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

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
Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
comedy

tragedy

romance

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

lament

satire

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

Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

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

The King's Men

The Admiral's Men

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

Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1599

1633

1610

1601
10 The play was originally published in which form?
manuscript

pamphlet

quarto

folio
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
Lost Plays

Poetomachia

Playwright War

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

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Ben Jonson
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
John Donne

Thomas Dekker

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Crites

Cynthia

Echo

Moria
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
two acts

four acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
commoners

courtiers

royalty

soldiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Persephone

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Athens

Gargaphie

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

Anaides

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?
The Alchemist

Volpone

Hyde Park

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

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance

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

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

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