Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

John Marston
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
tragedy

comedy

romance

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

apology

satire

lament
6 The alternate title of the play is
The Courtier's Seduction

The Fountain of Self-Love

Cynthia's Fountain

Narcissus's Curse
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
Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Easter

Summertime
9 The play was first published in
1601

1599

1610

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

pamphlet

folio

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

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

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

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

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

Echo

Cynthia

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

four acts

two acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
commoners

soldiers

royalty

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

Orpheus

Narcissus

Persephone
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

Gargaphie

Athens

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

Cupid

Mercury

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

largely unpopular

banned from performance

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

The Alchemist

Bartholomew Fair

Volpone
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
Historical Romance

Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

late in Jonson's career

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