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?
1589

1610

1600

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
comedy

history

romance

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

lament

satire

city comedy
6 The alternate title of the play is
The Fountain of Self-Love

The Courtier's Seduction

Cynthia's Fountain

Narcissus's Curse
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The Children of the Revels

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime

Easter
9 The play was first published in
1601

1633

1610

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?
folio

pamphlet

manuscript

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

Lost Plays

Playwright War

War of the Words
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Philip Massinger

Ben Jonson

Thomas Dekker

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

Thomas Dekker

William Shakespeare

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

Crites

Moria

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
three acts

four acts

five acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
royalty

commoners

soldiers

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus

Persephone

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Wyatt

William Shakespeare

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Sparta

Gargaphie

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

Cupid

Mercury

Cynthia
22 During its original performances, the play was
largely unpopular

a resounding success

Elizabeth I's favorite

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

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

Hyde Park
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy

City Comedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
after Jonson retired

late in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

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