L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Sport

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

Melancholy

Wrath

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?
A shepherd from Greek mythology who tried to lead his wife out of the underworld

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

The Greek name for Mirth

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 fame

The best life is the life full of contemplation

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

As a small child

At the end of his career

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

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

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

It's unclear

No

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

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker going back to work
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 escapes

The deer dies

We don't know

A person dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?
The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Mirth

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

Business

An artistic temperment

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

Il Pendero

Il Penseroso

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 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"?
Zeus

Orpheus

Persephone

Hecuba
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Epic poetry

History play

Free verse

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

Classical hymn

Pastoral poetry

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zephyr

Cerberus

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

Lark

Robbin

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

Church

School

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

6

5

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

Sonnet

Canzone

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

Lyric

Ottava Rima

Couplets

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