The Changeling Quizzes

The Changeling Quiz1

1 The Changeling was written by ___.
Middleton and Massinger

Beaumont and Fletcher

Shakespeare and Jonson

Middleton and Rowley
2 The play was first performed in ___.
1599

1600

1656

1622
3 The play was first published in ___.
1610

1666

1652

1702
4 The Changeling is a ___.
history

comedy

romance

tragedy
5 The Changeling was written during which era of English history?
Carolinian

Jacobean

Victorian

Elizabethan
6 The subplot of the play is ___.
tragicomic

tragic

comic

romantic
7 Along with Rowley, Middleton often collaborated with ___.
Francis Beaumont

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker
8 Which of these was not a collaboration between Middleton and Rowley?
The Changeling

A Fair Quarrel

A Game at Chess

Wit at Several Weapons
9 T.S. Eliot once said that Middleton was a playwright second only to ___.
Marlowe

Brecht

Shakespeare

Jonson
10 Besides The Changeling, which is Middleton's most famous play?
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

Measure for Measure

Women Beware Women

A Game at Chess
11 Which of these is a typical staple of Middleton's work?
Hope

Irreverence

Cynicism

Disguise
12 Middleton's plays often fail to feature a/an ___.
protagonist

antagonist

resolution

cohesive plot
13 Which of these did Middleton likely write?
The Revenger's Tragedy

Macbeth

The Alchemist

All's Well That Ends Well
14 Who was on the English throne at the time The Changeling was written?
Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

James I

Charles I
15 The period of English history in which the play was produced is known as the ___.
Restoration

Reformation

Renaissance

Revival
16 What is this time period also known as?
Early modern period

Medieval period

Modernist period

Victorian era
17 The most famous playwright of this time was ___.
William Shakespeare

Philip Sidney

Christopher Marlowe

Philip Henslowe
18 In addition to dramatist, William Rowley was also a/an ___.
physician

lawyer

courtier

actor
19 Rowley was known for his portrayal of ___.
villains

women

children

clowns
20 Rowley is best known for his ___.
tragedies

prose work

collaborations

comedies
21 Along with Middleton, Rowley also collaborated with ___.
John Webster

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe
22 One play that Rowley wrote alone is ___.
A Fair Quarrel

All's Lost by Lust

Fortune by Land and Sea

A Cure for a Cuckhold
23 Rowley likely began his career working for ___.
The King's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

Queen Anne's Men
24 In 1623, Rowley joined ___.
the Queen's Men

the King's Men

the Children of the Revels

the Admiral's Men
25 Rowley performed at which theater until his death in 1626?
The Red Bull

The Globe

The Rose

Blackfriars

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