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?

1589

1600

1619

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a

comedy

romance

history

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

lament

satire

city comedy

apology
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 King's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas

Summertime

Easter
9 The play was first published in

1633

1610

1601

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?

manuscript

folio

quarto

pamphlet
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?

Ben Jonson

John Marston

Thomas Dekker

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

Christopher Marlowe

Thomas Dekker

John Donne

William Shakespeare
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?

Echo

Cynthia

Crites

Moria
15 The play takes place in

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice
16 The play is written in

four acts

five acts

three acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes

courtiers

commoners

soldiers

royalty
18 The play is based on the myth of

Persephone

Orpheus

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt
20 The specific location of the play is

Gargaphie

Sparta

Dover

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

Anaides

Cupid

Cynthia

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was

largely unpopular

a resounding success

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

Satire

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written

at the height of Jonson's career

late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

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