Epicene, or the Silent Woman Quizzes

Epicene, or the Silent Woman Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Epicene?
Ben Jonson

John Milton

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
2 What is the original title of the play?
Epicoene and Morose

Epicoene's Deceit

Much Ado About Nothing

Epicoene, or the Silent Woman
3 What year was the play first performed?
1609

1750

1702

1660
4 What is the genre of the play?
Tragedy

Domestic tragedy

Romance

City comedy
5 Where did Ben Jonson attend university?
He never attended university.

University of Kent

University of Cambridge

Oxford University
6 Jonson performed an apprenticeship as what?
A bricklayer

A baker

A glovemaker

An actor
7 Where did Jonson serve in the English army?
France

The Netherlands

Italy

Spain
8 Which of these did Jonson play during his time as an actor?
Romeo from Romeo and Juliet

Tamburlaine from Tamburlaine

Hieronimo from The Spanish Tragedy

Hamlet from Hamlet
9 What was the play that established Jonson as a dramatist?
Every Man in His Humour

Sejanus

The Alchemist

Epicene
10 Which tragedy did Jonson suffer early in his life?
The loss of a limb

The death of his wife

The death of his first son

A fire that destroyed his home
11 Who was the most influential theater manager at the time Jonson was writing?
Philip Henslowe

Queen Elizabeth I

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
12 What was the name of the acting company in which Jonson first participated?
The Admiral's Men

The Queen's Men

The Blackfriar Children

The Children of the Queen's Revels
13 What is likely Jonson's earliest surviving play?
The Alchemist

The Case if Altered

Taming of the Shrew

Sejanus
14 Who of these writers is considered a contemporary of Ben Jonson?
Thomas Wyatt

Aphra Behn

William Shakespeare

John Milton
15 Who of these writers praised Epicene for its uniqueness as a comedy?
Lady Mary Wroth

Christopher Marlowe

John Dryden

John Milton
16 When did Epicene experience a major revival?
The eighteenth century

The Restoration

Jacobean England

The nineteenth century
17 Which of these did Jonson use as his source material for the play?
Seneca

Libanius

Virgil

Aristotle
18 Which of these plays is likely alluded to in Epicene?
A Misummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

The Spanish Tragedy

Tamburlaine
19 In which theater did the play premier?
Whitefriars

The Rose

Blackfriars

The Globe
20 Who was the original cast of the play?
The King's Men

The Admiral's Men

The Blackfriar Troupe

The Children of the Queen's Revels
21 Which member of the royal family complained about the play?
King James I

Queen Elizabeth I

Arabella Stuart

Queen Anne of Denmark
22 With which genre of playwriting is Jonson most closely associated?
Tragedy

Romance

History

Comedy
23 Which of these is not a common characteristic of city comedy?
Revenge tale

Set in London

Non-royal characters

Numerous subplots
24 Aside from drama, for which genre of writing was Jonson also known?
Novels

Political pamphlets

Poetry

Sermons
25 When did Ben Jonson die?
1637

1616

1610

1665

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