Cynthia’s Revels Quizzes

Cynthia's Revels Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Cynthia's Revels?
Ben Jonson

John Marston

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 In what year was the play originally performed?
1589

1600

1619

1610
3 The play was originally performed at the
Rose Theatre

Whitefriars Theatre

Globe Theatre

Blackfriars Theatre
4 Cynthia's Revels is a
history

comedy

romance

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

city comedy

satire

lament
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 King's Men

The Children of the Revels

The Admiral's Men
8 The play was first performed during
Easter

Summertime

Elizabeth's coronation

Christmas
9 The play was first published in
1610

1601

1633

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

quarto

manuscript

pamphlet
11 The play is part of a conflict among playwrights called the
Lost Plays

War of the Words

Poetomachia

Playwright War
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

John Donne

Thomas Dekker

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

Moria

Crites

Cynthia
15 The play takes place in
Sixteenth-century England

Ancient Rome

Sixteenth-century Venice

Ancient Greece
16 The play is written in
five acts

four acts

three acts

two acts
17 The play mostly satirizes
soldiers

royalty

courtiers

commoners
18 The play is based on the myth of
Orpheus

Narcissus

Daphne and Apollo

Persephone
19 Jonson likely modeled the play after the works of
William Shakespeare

Thomas Wyatt

John Lyly

Christopher Marlowe
20 The specific location of the play is
Dover

Sparta

Athens

Gargaphie
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

Elizabeth I's favorite

a resounding success

largely unpopular
23 Which of these is not a Jonsonian comedy?
The Alchemist

Hyde Park

Volpone

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

City Comedy

Revenge Tragedy

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

at the height of Jonson's career

after Jonson retired

early in Jonson's career

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