L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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"?
Contemplation

Melancholy

Care

Wrath
3 Who is Orpheus?
The Greek name for Mirth

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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

The best life is the life full of contemplation
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge

As a small child

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

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

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

Yes

There is no debate

It's unclear
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker joining the peasants

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"?
Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus

On Shakespeare
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
The deer dies

We don't know

A person dies

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

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
A life of joy

Festivals

An artistic temperment

Business
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 joy

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement

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

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Persephone

Orpheus

Hecuba

Zeus
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?
Pastoral poetry

Free verse

Sonnet

Classical hymn
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zephyr

Aurora

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

Sparrow

Lark

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

Gambling Hall

Church

Tower
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
20

5

6

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

Sonnet

Lyric

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

Lyric

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

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