The Masque of Blackness Quizzes

The Masque of Blackness Quiz 1

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

John Webster

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
2 When was The Masque of Blackness first performed?
1610

1600

1603

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

Easter

Michaelmas

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

Queen Elizabeth I

King James I

King Henry VIII
5 Who commissioned the play and starred in the original performance?
Thomas Thorpe

Queen Anne of Denmark

Prince Charles

Lady Mary Wroth
6 A masque is a play generally presented ___.
at court

for a wide range of audiences

on holidays

without dialogue
7 Where was the first performance of the masque?
Blackfriars

Buckingham Palace

The Globe

Whitehall
8 Just before the masque was performed, Charles I was given the title ___.
Earl of Leicester

Heir to the Throne

Prince Charles

Duke of York
9 Inigo Jones was an early modern ___.
actor

playwright

composer

architect
10 During his university years, Jonson served an apprenticeship as a ___.
famer

glove-maker

lawyer

bricklayer
11 Which of these is true about Jonson's upbringing?
He attended Oxford University.

His father died shortly before his birth.

He was raised Catholic.

His family was wealthy.
12 Jonson is best known for his ___.
histories

romances

comedies

tragedies
13 Jonson is also credited with the invention of the ___.
masque

dumb show

city comedy

domestic tragedy
14 The Masque of Blackness was criticized as a performance because of its ___.
length

large budget

use of female performers

racial prejudice
15 The purpose of a masque is usually to ___.
make a political statement

provide low-brow entertainment

satirize the audience

flatter the monarch
16 Which of these notable early modern women performed in the masque?
Anne Clifford

Margaret Cavendish

Lady Mary Sidney

Lady Mary Wroth
17 The masque was colloquially referred to as ___.
Blackness

The Mask of Blackness

The Queen's Mask

Jonson's Masque
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?
William Shakespeare

Philip Henslowe

Richard Burbage

Queen Elizabeth I
20 Jonson once played the protagonist in the play ___.
The Jew of Malta

Tamburlaine the Great

The Spanish Tragedy

Hamlet
21 Jonson's first notable play was ___.
Every Man in his Humour

The Case is Alter'd

Volpone

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

his daughter died

his oldest son died

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

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The King's Men
24 At which theater did many of Jonson's plays appear?
Whitefriars

The Rose

Backfriars

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

King Henry VIII

King James I

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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