Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston

Ben Jonson
2 In what year was the play originally performed?

1610

1600

1589

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the

Rose Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

history

tragedy

romance

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

city comedy

apology

lament

satire
6 The alternate title of the play is

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love

The Courtier's Seduction

Cynthia's Fountain
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe

The Children of the Revels

The King's Men

The Admiral's Men

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

Christmas

Summertime

Easter

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in

1610

1601

1599

1633
10 The play was originally published in which form?

quarto

pamphlet

manuscript

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

War of the Words

Playwright War

Lost Plays

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

Philip Massinger

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

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

Thomas Dekker

William Shakespeare

John Donne

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

Echo

Crites

Moria

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in

four acts

two acts

three acts

five acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

commoners

royalty

soldiers

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of

Persephone

Daphne and Apollo

Narcissus

Orpheus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
20 The specific location of the play is

Sparta

Gargaphie

Dover

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

Mercury

Cupid

Anaides

Cynthia
22 During its original performances, the play was

a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite

banned from performance

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

Volpone

Bartholomew Fair

Hyde Park

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

Satire

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

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