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?
1589

1600

1619

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the
Whitefriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre

Rose Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
comedy

history

romance

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

lament

satire

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

The Courtier's Seduction

The Fountain of Self-Love

Narcissus's Curse
7 The play was first performed by the acting troupe
The Children of the Chapel

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men

The King's Men
8 The play was first performed during
Summertime

Easter

Christmas

Elizabeth's coronation
9 The play was first published in
1610

1601

1633

1599
10 The play was originally published in which form?
quarto

folio

manuscript

pamphlet
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
Playwright War

Poetomachia

Lost Plays

War of the Words
12 Which of these playwrights did not participate in the War of the Theatres?
Philip Massinger

Thomas Dekker

Ben Jonson

John Marston
13 Many believe that the character of Crites in the play represents
Thomas Dekker

John Donne

Christopher Marlowe

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

Crites

Cynthia

Echo
15 The play takes place in
Ancient Greece

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century England
16 The play is written in
five acts

three acts

four acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
commoners

royalty

courtiers

soldiers
18 The play is based on the myth of
Narcissus

Orpheus

Persephone

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

John Lyly

Thomas Wyatt

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Athens

Gargaphie

Dover

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

Cupid

Cynthia

Mercury
22 During its original performances, the play was
banned from performance

largely unpopular

a resounding success

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
City Comedy

Satire

Historical Romance

Revenge Tragedy
25 Cynthia's Revels was written
at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

late in Jonson's career

early in Jonson's career

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