Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
John Marston

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Ben Jonson
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1610

1600

1589

1619
3 The play was originally performed at the
Blackfriars Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Rose Theatre

Globe Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

comedy

romance

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

lament

city comedy

satire
6 The alternate title of the play is
Cynthia's Fountain

The Courtier's Seduction

Narcissus's Curse

The Fountain of Self-Love
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Chapel

The Admiral's Men

The King's Men

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

Elizabeth's coronation

Summertime

Easter
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
Playwright War

Lost Plays

War of the Words

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

Ben Jonson

Thomas Dekker

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

John Donne

William Shakespeare

Thomas Dekker
14 Who is the allegorical figure for Queen Elizabeth I?
Echo

Cynthia

Moria

Crites
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
four acts

two acts

five acts

three acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

royalty

courtiers

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

Persephone

Orpheus

Narcissus
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Lyly
20 The specific location of the play is
Athens

Sparta

Dover

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

Anaides

Cupid

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

banned from performance

largely unpopular
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
Bartholomew Fair

Volpone

Hyde Park

The Alchemist
24 Jonson is credited with the invention of the genre of
City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

Satire

Historical Romance
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
late in Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

at the height of Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

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