L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Sport

Jest

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

Wrath

Melancholy

Contemplation

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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 wealth

The best life is the life full of joy
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?

While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career

As a small child

In the middle of his political career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?

Yes

There is no debate

No

It's unclear
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

Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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

The deer dies

We don't know

A person dies

The deer escapes
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Melancholy

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____

Business

A life of joy

Festivals

An artistic temperment
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?

Il Penseroso

Il Penegro

La Pendient

Il Pendero
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?

A life of contemplation

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of joy
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?

Hecuba

Zeus

Orpheus

Persephone
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?

History play

Free verse

Epic poetry

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

Pastoral poetry

Sonnet

Free verse

Classical hymn
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of the underworld

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

Zephyr

Cerberus

Zeus

Aurora
21 Which bird sings in "L'Allegro"?

Sparrow

Lark

Dove

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

School

Church

Gambling Hall

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

20

10

6

5
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 ___.

Lyric

Couplets

Sonnet

Ottava Rima

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