Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

Ben Jonson

John Marston

William Shakespeare

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

1619

1600

1610

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

history

comedy

romance

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

satire

lament

city comedy

apology
6 The alternate title of the play is

The Courtier's Seduction

Cynthia's Fountain

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Children of the Chapel

The King's Men
8 The play was first performed during

Easter

Summertime

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in

1633

1610

1599

1601
10 The play was originally published in which form?

pamphlet

manuscript

quarto

folio
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the

Playwright War

War of the Words

Poetomachia

Lost Plays
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents

William Shakespeare

John Donne

Thomas Dekker

Christopher Marlowe
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?

Moria

Cynthia

Echo

Crites
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome
16 The play is written in

two acts

four acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

royalty

courtiers

soldiers

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of

Narcissus

Orpheus

Daphne and Apollo

Persephone
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is

Gargaphie

Dover

Sparta

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

Mercury

Cynthia

Cupid

Anaides
22 During its original performances, the play was

a resounding success

banned from performance

largely unpopular

Elizabeth I's favorite
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

The Alchemist
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of

Revenge Tragedy

Satire

Historical Romance

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

early in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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