L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Jollity

Jest
2 Who does the speaker reject at the beginning of "L'Allegro"?
Wrath

Care

Melancholy

Contemplation
3 Who is Orpheus?
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

The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"
4 What does the speaker argue in "L'Allegro"?
The best life is the life full of wealth

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
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
As a small child

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

At the end of his career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
There is no debate

Yes

It's unclear

No
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker meeting his rival
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Areopagitica

Comus
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
A person dies

The deer escapes

The deer dies

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
The speaker's guide

A friend of Mirth

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
Festivals

A life of joy

An artistic temperment

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

Il Penseroso

Il Pendero

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

A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Zeus

Persephone

Hecuba

Orpheus
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Classical hymn

Epic poetry

History play

Free verse
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?
Classical hymn

Free verse

Sonnet

Pastoral poetry
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a forest
20 Who does the speaker say gave birth to Melancholy?
Aurora

Cerberus

Zeus

Zephyr
21 Which bird sings in "L'Allegro"?
Dove

Lark

Robbin

Sparrow
22 Which image appears in "L'Allegro"?
Church

Gambling Hall

Tower

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

5

6

20
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric

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

Sonnet

Couplets

Ottava Rima

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