The Masque of Blackness Quizzes

The Masque of Blackness Quiz 1

1 Who collaborated with Ben Jonson on The Masque of Blackness?
Inigo Jones

William Shakespeare

John Webster

Christopher Marlowe
2 When was The Masque of Blackness first performed?
1600

1603

1610

1605
3 The masque was originally written in celebration of which holiday?
Michaelmas

Christmas

Twelfth Night

Easter
4 Who was on the English throne at the time the play was performed?
King Charles I

King James I

King Henry VIII

Queen Elizabeth I
5 Who commissioned the play and starred in the original performance?
Prince Charles

Queen Anne of Denmark

Lady Mary Wroth

Thomas Thorpe
6 A masque is a play generally presented ___.
on holidays

without dialogue

at court

for a wide range of audiences
7 Where was the first performance of the masque?
Whitehall

Blackfriars

The Globe

Buckingham Palace
8 Just before the masque was performed, Charles I was given the title ___.
Duke of York

Earl of Leicester

Prince Charles

Heir to the Throne
9 Inigo Jones was an early modern ___.
architect

composer

actor

playwright
10 During his university years, Jonson served an apprenticeship as a ___.
lawyer

bricklayer

glove-maker

famer
11 Which of these is true about Jonson's upbringing?
His family was wealthy.

His father died shortly before his birth.

He attended Oxford University.

He was raised Catholic.
12 Jonson is best known for his ___.
romances

tragedies

comedies

histories
13 Jonson is also credited with the invention of the ___.
dumb show

city comedy

domestic tragedy

masque
14 The Masque of Blackness was criticized as a performance because of its ___.
racial prejudice

use of female performers

length

large budget
15 The purpose of a masque is usually to ___.
flatter the monarch

provide low-brow entertainment

satirize the audience

make a political statement
16 Which of these notable early modern women performed in the masque?
Anne Clifford

Lady Mary Wroth

Lady Mary Sidney

Margaret Cavendish
17 The masque was colloquially referred to as ___.
The Queen's Mask

Jonson's Masque

The Mask of Blackness

Blackness
18 Along with playwright and poet, Jonson was also a/an ___.
doctor

cook

lawyer

actor
19 For which producer did Jonson work during his lifetime?
Richard Burbage

Philip Henslowe

Queen Elizabeth I

William Shakespeare
20 Jonson once played the protagonist in the play ___.
Tamburlaine the Great

The Jew of Malta

Hamlet

The Spanish Tragedy
21 Jonson's first notable play was ___.
Volpone

The Case is Alter'd

Every Man in his Humour

The Alchemist
22 In 1603, Jonson experienced tragedy when ___.
his oldest son died

his wife died

his father died

his daughter died
23 Which company performed most of Jonson's plays?
The Queen's Men

The Admiral's Men

The King's Men

The Children of the Revels
24 At which theater did many of Jonson's plays appear?
The Rose

The Globe

Backfriars

Whitefriars
25 In 1597, a warrant for Jonson's arrest was released by ___.
Queen Mary I

King James I

King Henry VIII

Queen Elizabeth I

List similes in the Masque of The Red Death.

Simile:

He had come like a thief in the night.

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Describe the seventh room.

From the text:

But in the western or black chamber, the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who...

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Geometry

I'm sorry, this is a short-answer literature forum designed for text specific questions. We are unable to assist students with other subjects.

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The Masque of Blackness

by Ben Jonson

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