Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
John Marston

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1589

1600

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
comedy

history

romance

tragedy
5 Cynthia's Revels is also considered a/an
satire

apology

lament

city comedy
6 The alternate title of the play is
Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The King's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels
8 The play was first performed during
Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1599

1633

1601

1610
10 The play was originally published in which form?
folio

quarto

pamphlet

manuscript
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
Lost Plays

War of the Words

Playwright War

Poetomachia
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Ben Jonson

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger

John Marston
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

William Shakespeare

John Donne
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Echo

Cynthia

Moria

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
two acts

three acts

five acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

soldiers

commoners

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Persephone

Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
John Lyly

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Sparta

Gargaphie

Athens

Dover
21 Which character only appears in the final act of the play?
Cynthia

Anaides

Cupid

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

a resounding success

largely unpopular
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
City Comedy

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy

Satire
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

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