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

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

tragedy

romance

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

satire

apology

lament
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 King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1599

1601

1633

1610
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
War of the Words

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

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

John Marston

Ben Jonson

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

Thomas Dekker

John Donne

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

Echo

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

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

three acts

two acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

courtiers

soldiers

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

Orpheus

Narcissus

Persephone
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Gargaphie

Dover

Sparta

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

Cynthia

Mercury

Cupid
22 During its original performances, the play was
banned from performance

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

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

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Historical Romance

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

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

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