1 Who wrote The Roaring Girl? Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare Thomas Middleton and John Webster Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd 2 The Roaring Girl was likely written in or around ___. 1625 1607 1590 1583 3 The Roaring Girl is a ___. Carolinian play Georgian play Elizabethan play Jacobean play 4 The Roaring Girl is a ___. tragedy romance comedy history 5 Within its broader genre, The Roaring Girl is also what is known as a/an ___. domestic tragedy citizen play dumb show city comedy 6 Who is the titular "roaring girl"? Moll Cutpurse Amelia Lanyer Lucy Negro Queen Elizabeth I 7 The events of the play are based loosely on the biography of ___. Anne Clifford Mary Frith Ben Jonson Samuel Pepys 8 What is a "cutpurse"? A thief A leader A playright A pickpocket 9 The role of Moll Cutpurse would have originally been played by ___. a woman in drag a royal the playwright a young man 10 Who of these is NOT a major character in the play? Sebastian Puck Moll Cutpurse Sir Alexander 11 Which of these characters is a tailor? Goshawk Openwork Mistress Gallipot Trapdoor 12 What is a gallant? A flirtatious man An educated man A knight A nobleman 13 Which of these characters is considered a gallant in the play? Laxton Sebastian Trapdoor Sir Alexander 14 What does the term "roaring" connote? Riotous Loud Aggressive Angry 15 The play begins with ___. an invocation a letter to the reader a prologue Act One 16 The play was originally published in ___. 1611 1605 1620 1599 17 Who was on the English throne when The Roaring Girl was written? King Henry VIII King Charles I Queen Elizabeth I King James I 18 Thomas Dekker is known best for his play ___. The Jew of Malta The Shoemaker's Holiday The Revenger's Tragedy The Duchess of Malfi 19 Thomas Dekker worked closely with ___. William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe Philip Henslowe Richard Burbage 20 The play was first published in which form? Manuscript Folio Prose Quarto 21 At which theater was the play originally performed? Globe Theater Rose Theater Fortune Theater Blackfriar's Theater 22 What is a virago? A promiscuous woman A city in England A prostitute A masculine woman 23 The historical Mary Frith is said to be the first woman to ___. steal marry another woman start her own business smoke tobacco in public 24 The play is written in ___. four acts three acts six acts five acts 25 Most of the characters in the play are ___. thieves day laborers royals nobles
