L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Sport

Jollity

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

Wrath

Care

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

The Greek name for Mirth

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 fame

The best life is the life full of joy

The best life is the life full of contemplation
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

At the end of his career

As a small child
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer

William Shakespeare
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
Yes

There is no debate

It's unclear

No
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker meeting his rival
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Areopagitica

Comus

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

We don't know

A person dies

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

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
Business

A life of joy

Festivals

An artistic temperment
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?
La Pendient

Il Penseroso

Il Pendero

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

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of contemplation
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker going to the theater

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

Zeus

Orpheus

Hecuba
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Free verse

Epic poetry

History play

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

Classical hymn

Sonnet

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

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of the underworld

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

Zeus

Zephyr

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

Robbin

Dove

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

School

Gambling Hall

Church
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
6

10

20

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

Lyric

Canzone

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

Lyric

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

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