L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Jollity

Jest

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

Contemplation

Melancholy

Wrath

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?

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

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

The Greek name for Mirth

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 joy

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
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?

At the end of his career

In the middle of his political career

While studying at Cambridge

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?

No

There is no debate

It's unclear

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?

With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker joining the peasants
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 escapes

A person dies

We don't know

The deer dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief

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

Business

Festivals

A life of joy

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

Il Penegro

Il Pendero

La Pendient

Il Penseroso
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?

A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement

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

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?

Persephone

Zeus

Hecuba

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

Free verse

History play

Epic poetry

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

Free verse

Sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Classical hymn
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of a tower

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

Zeus

Cerberus

Aurora

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

Sparrow

Dove

Robbin

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

Church

Tower

Gambling Hall

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

5

20

10

6
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?

Lyric

Sonnet

Canzone

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

Lyric

Couplets

Sonnet

Ottava Rima

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