Epicene, or the Silent Woman Quizzes

Epicene, or the Silent Woman Quiz 1

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1 Who wrote Epicene?

Ben Jonson

John Milton

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 What is the original title of the play?

Epicoene's Deceit

Epicoene and Morose

Much Ado About Nothing

Epicoene, or the Silent Woman
3 What year was the play first performed?

1702

1660

1609

1750
4 What is the genre of the play?

Romance

City comedy

Domestic tragedy

Tragedy
5 Where did Ben Jonson attend university?

University of Cambridge

University of Kent

Oxford University

He never attended university.
6 Jonson performed an apprenticeship as what?

An actor

A baker

A bricklayer

A glovemaker
7 Where did Jonson serve in the English army?

Spain

France

The Netherlands

Italy
8 Which of these did Jonson play during his time as an actor?

Tamburlaine from Tamburlaine

Hamlet from Hamlet

Hieronimo from The Spanish Tragedy

Romeo from Romeo and Juliet
9 What was the play that established Jonson as a dramatist?

The Alchemist

Sejanus

Epicene

Every Man in His Humour
10 Which tragedy did Jonson suffer early in his life?

The death of his first son

The death of his wife

A fire that destroyed his home

The loss of a limb
11 Who was the most influential theater manager at the time Jonson was writing?

Christopher Marlowe

Queen Elizabeth I

Philip Henslowe

William Shakespeare
12 What was the name of the acting company in which Jonson first participated?

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Queen's Revels

The Blackfriar Children

The Queen's Men
13 What is likely Jonson's earliest surviving play?

The Case if Altered

The Alchemist

Sejanus

Taming of the Shrew
14 Who of these writers is considered a contemporary of Ben Jonson?

Thomas Wyatt

Aphra Behn

John Milton

William Shakespeare
15 Who of these writers praised Epicene for its uniqueness as a comedy?

Christopher Marlowe

John Dryden

Lady Mary Wroth

John Milton
16 When did Epicene experience a major revival?

The Restoration

The eighteenth century

Jacobean England

The nineteenth century
17 Which of these did Jonson use as his source material for the play?

Aristotle

Libanius

Virgil

Seneca
18 Which of these plays is likely alluded to in Epicene?

Twelfth Night

The Spanish Tragedy

Tamburlaine

A Misummer Night's Dream
19 In which theater did the play premier?

Whitefriars

The Globe

The Rose

Blackfriars
20 Who was the original cast of the play?

The Children of the Queen's Revels

The King's Men

The Admiral's Men

The Blackfriar Troupe
21 Which member of the royal family complained about the play?

Arabella Stuart

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Anne of Denmark

King James I
22 With which genre of playwriting is Jonson most closely associated?

Tragedy

Romance

History

Comedy
23 Which of these is not a common characteristic of city comedy?

Numerous subplots

Set in London

Non-royal characters

Revenge tale
24 Aside from drama, for which genre of writing was Jonson also known?

Political pamphlets

Sermons

Novels

Poetry
25 When did Ben Jonson die?

1616

1637

1665

1610

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