L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Jest

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

Melancholy

Wrath

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?
The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The Greek name for Mirth

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 contemplation

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 joy
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"?
Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
No

There is no debate

Yes

It's unclear
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker joining the peasants
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
Areopagitica

On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
A person dies

We don't know

The deer escapes

The deer dies
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 ____
Festivals

Business

A life of joy

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

Il Penseroso

Il Penegro

Il Pendero
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 rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Zeus

Persephone

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

Classical hymn

Sonnet

Pastoral poetry
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Aurora

Zephyr

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

Dove

Lark

Sparrow
22 Which image appears in "L'Allegro"?
Gambling Hall

Church

Tower

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

20

6

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

Sonnet

Canzone

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

Couplets

Lyric

Sonnet

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