L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Sport

Liberty

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

Care

Wrath

Melancholy

Contemplation
3 Who is Orpheus?

The Greek name for Mirth

A shepherd from Greek mythology who tried to lead his wife out of the underworld

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields
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 joy

The best life is the life full of fame

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

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

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

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

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 meeting his rival

With the speaker joining the peasants

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

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

On Shakespeare

Comus

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

We don't know

A person dies

The deer dies

The deer escapes
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Melancholy
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____

Festivals

Business

An artistic temperment

A life of joy
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?

Il Penegro

La Pendient

Il Penseroso

Il Pendero
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 rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker going to the theater

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

Hecuba

Orpheus

Zeus

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

History play

Classical hymn

Free verse

Epic poetry
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 a gambling hall

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a forest

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

Aurora

Zephyr

Zeus

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

Sparrow

Lark

Dove

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

Church

Tower

Gambling Hall

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

5

6

20

10
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?

Ottava Rima

Canzone

Sonnet

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

Ottava Rima

Lyric

Sonnet

Couplets

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