Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston

Ben Jonson
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1619

1600

1610

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the
Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

history

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

apology

city comedy

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

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

Cynthia's Fountain
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men
8 The play was first performed during
Summertime

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1601

1610

1633

1599
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
Poetomachia

War of the Words

Lost Plays

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

Thomas Dekker

John Marston

Philip Massinger
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?
Echo

Crites

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice
16 The play is written in
three acts

two acts

five acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
courtiers

royalty

soldiers

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo

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

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Sparta

Gargaphie

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

Cupid

Anaides

Cynthia
22 During its original performances, the play was
a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

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

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

The Alchemist
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Revenge Tragedy

Satire

Historical Romance

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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