L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jest

Liberty

Sport

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

Melancholy

Care

Contemplation

Wrath
3 Who is Orpheus?

The Greek name for Mirth

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 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 wealth

The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of joy
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"?

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

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

Yes

No

There is no debate

It's unclear
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"?

Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus

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

The deer dies

A person dies

The deer escapes

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?

The speaker's guide

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

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

Festivals

An artistic temperment

A life of joy

Business
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 contemplation

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of joy
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

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

Zeus

Orpheus

Hecuba

Persephone
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?

Classical hymn

History play

Epic poetry

Free verse
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?

Free verse

Classical hymn

Pastoral poetry

Sonnet
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zephyr

Zeus

Cerberus

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

Sparrow

Dove

Lark

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

Tower

Church

Gambling Hall

School
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?

Canzone

Lyric

Sonnet

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

Ottava Rima

Lyric

Couplets

Sonnet

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