Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

John Marston

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson
2 In what year was the play originally performed?

1589

1610

1600

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

romance

comedy

tragedy

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

apology

lament

satire

city comedy
6 The alternate title of the play is

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain

The Fountain of Self-Love

The Courtier's Seduction
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The King's Men

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

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

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime

Easter
9 The play was first published in

1633

1610

1601

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?

manuscript

pamphlet

folio

quarto
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the

War of the Words

Poetomachia

Playwright War

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

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Ben Jonson

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

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

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

Cynthia

Echo

Crites

Moria
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in

three acts

two acts

five acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

courtiers

soldiers

royalty

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of

Persephone

Narcissus

Orpheus

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

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

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?

Anaides

Cynthia

Cupid

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

banned from performance

a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite

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

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

The Alchemist

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

City Comedy

Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy
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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