Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
John Marston

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1600

1619

1589

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
tragedy

romance

comedy

history
5 Cynthia's Revels is also considered a/an
city comedy

satire

lament

apology
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 Admiral's Men

The King's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Children of the Chapel
8 The play was first performed during
Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1601

1599

1610

1633
10 The play was originally published in which form?
quarto

folio

pamphlet

manuscript
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
War of the Words

Lost Plays

Poetomachia

Playwright War
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Ben Jonson
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
Thomas Dekker

Christopher Marlowe

John Donne

William Shakespeare
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Moria

Echo

Cynthia

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in
three acts

two acts

four acts

five acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

commoners

soldiers

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Persephone

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

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

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Sparta

Dover

Athens

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

Cupid

Anaides

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
a resounding success

largely unpopular

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
The Alchemist

Volpone

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Revenge Tragedy

Satire

Historical Romance

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

early in Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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