Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

John Marston
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1589

1600

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

comedy

tragedy

romance
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

Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

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

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men

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

Easter

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1599

1610

1601

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

manuscript

folio

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

Playwright War

Lost Plays

War of the Words
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
John Marston

Thomas Dekker

Philip Massinger

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?
Cynthia

Crites

Moria

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice
16 The play is written in
two acts

three acts

five acts

four acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

commoners

royalty

courtiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Orpheus

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

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

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt

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

Anaides

Cynthia

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

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

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

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair

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

City Comedy

Historical Romance

Satire
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

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