L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

1 Who does the speaker choose as his guide in "L'Allegro"?
Jollity

Liberty

Jest

Sport
2 Who does the speaker reject at the beginning of "L'Allegro"?
Contemplation

Care

Wrath

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?
The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

A shepherd from Greek mythology who tried to lead his wife out of the underworld
4 What does the speaker argue in "L'Allegro"?
The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of fame

The best life is the life full of joy

The best life is the life full of wealth
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
At the end of his career

In the middle of his political career

While studying at Cambridge

As a small child
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
There is no debate

No

It's unclear

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus

Areopagitica
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
The deer dies

The deer escapes

A person dies

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
A life of joy

Festivals

An artistic temperment

Business
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?
Il Penseroso

Il Pendero

Il Penegro

La Pendient
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of joy

A life of contemplation
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Orpheus

Zeus

Persephone

Hecuba
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Free verse

History play

Classical hymn

Epic poetry
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?
Pastoral poetry

Classical hymn

Sonnet

Free verse
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of a forest

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of a tower
20 Who does the speaker say gave birth to Melancholy?
Zephyr

Cerberus

Aurora

Zeus
21 Which bird sings in "L'Allegro"?
Lark

Dove

Sparrow

Robbin
22 Which image appears in "L'Allegro"?
Tower

Gambling Hall

School

Church
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
10

20

5

6
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Sonnet

Lyric

Ottava Rima

Canzone
25 The majority of "L'Allegro" is written in ___.
Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Couplets

Lyric

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