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

Liberty

Jest

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

Contemplation

Wrath

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

The Greek name for Mirth

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"
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 joy

The best life is the life full of contemplation

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

As a small child

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
No

There is no debate

It's unclear

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker meeting his rival

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?
A person dies

The deer dies

The deer escapes

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
The speaker's guide

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Mirth
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"?
La Pendient

Il Pendero

Il Penseroso

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

A life of contemplation

A life of joy

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

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

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

Hecuba

Orpheus

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

Pastoral poetry

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of the underworld

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

Zeus

Cerberus

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

Dove

Lark

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

Church

School

Gambling Hall
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
5

10

6

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

Lyric

Ottava Rima

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

Couplets

Lyric

Sonnet

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