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"?
Care

Wrath

Contemplation

Melancholy
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 wealth

The best life is the life full of joy

The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of fame
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
In the middle of his political career

While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career

As a small child
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?
There is no debate

It's unclear

No

Yes
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 Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus

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

The deer escapes

We don't know

The deer dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

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

An artistic temperment

Festivals

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

La Pendient

Il Penegro

Il Penseroso
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of contemplation

A life of joy

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Persephone

Hecuba

Orpheus

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

Free verse

History play

Epic poetry
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 a tower

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zephyr

Zeus

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

Sparrow

Robbin

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

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

20

6

5
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Lyric

Ottava Rima

Canzone

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

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric

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