L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Jest

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

Care

Contemplation

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

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

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 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"?
At the end of his career

As a small child

While studying at Cambridge

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?
It's unclear

Yes

No

There is no debate
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker going back to work

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"?
Comus

On Shakespeare

Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
The deer dies

The deer escapes

We don't know

A person dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

A friend of Melancholy

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

A life of joy

An artistic temperment

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

Il Penseroso

La Pendient

Il Penegro
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of trade and industry

A life of joy

A life of amusement

A life of contemplation
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide
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"?
Free verse

Epic poetry

Classical hymn

History play
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?
Sonnet

Free verse

Classical hymn

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Robbin

Lark

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

Church
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?
Canzone

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

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

Sonnet

Couplets

Ottava Rima

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