Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson

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

1600

1619

1610

1589
3 The play was originally performed at the

Whitefriars Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

romance

history

comedy

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

satire

city comedy

apology

lament
6 The alternate title of the play is

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love

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

The Admiral's Men

The Children of the Chapel

The King's Men

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

Easter

Summertime

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in

1633

1599

1610

1601
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

War of the Words

Lost Plays

Playwright War

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

Thomas Dekker

John Marston

Ben Jonson

Philip Massinger
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?

Echo

Moria

Crites

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in

five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

courtiers

commoners

soldiers

royalty
18 The play is based on the myth of

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

Orpheus

Persephone
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

Gargaphie

Sparta

Dover

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

Cynthia

Cupid

Mercury

Anaides
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

Hyde Park

Bartholomew Fair
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of

Satire

City Comedy

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

after Jonson retired

late in Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

at the height of Jonson's career

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