1 Who wrote The Roaring Girl? Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker Thomas Middleton and John Webster Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd 2 The Roaring Girl was likely written in or around ___. 1607 1583 1590 1625 3 The Roaring Girl is a ___. Carolinian play Jacobean play Georgian play Elizabethan play 4 The Roaring Girl is a ___. history comedy tragedy romance 5 Within its broader genre, The Roaring Girl is also what is known as a/an ___. dumb show citizen play city comedy domestic tragedy 6 Who is the titular "roaring girl"? Queen Elizabeth I Amelia Lanyer Moll Cutpurse Lucy Negro 7 The events of the play are based loosely on the biography of ___. Ben Jonson Mary Frith Anne Clifford Samuel Pepys 8 What is a "cutpurse"? A leader A playright A thief A pickpocket 9 The role of Moll Cutpurse would have originally been played by ___. a young man a royal a woman in drag the playwright 10 Who of these is NOT a major character in the play? Moll Cutpurse Sebastian Sir Alexander Puck 11 Which of these characters is a tailor? Openwork Mistress Gallipot Goshawk Trapdoor 12 What is a gallant? An educated man A knight A nobleman A flirtatious man 13 Which of these characters is considered a gallant in the play? Laxton Trapdoor Sebastian Sir Alexander 14 What does the term "roaring" connote? Riotous Aggressive Loud Angry 15 The play begins with ___. an invocation a letter to the reader Act One a prologue 16 The play was originally published in ___. 1611 1599 1605 1620 17 Who was on the English throne when The Roaring Girl was written? King James I Queen Elizabeth I King Henry VIII King Charles I 18 Thomas Dekker is known best for his play ___. The Duchess of Malfi The Shoemaker's Holiday The Revenger's Tragedy The Jew of Malta 19 Thomas Dekker worked closely with ___. Richard Burbage Christopher Marlowe William Shakespeare Philip Henslowe 20 The play was first published in which form? Manuscript Folio Prose Quarto 21 At which theater was the play originally performed? Globe Theater Fortune Theater Blackfriar's Theater Rose Theater 22 What is a virago? A city in England A promiscuous woman A prostitute A masculine woman 23 The historical Mary Frith is said to be the first woman to ___. smoke tobacco in public steal start her own business marry another woman 24 The play is written in ___. five acts six acts four acts three acts 25 Most of the characters in the play are ___. thieves day laborers royals nobles
