L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Jest

Sport

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

Wrath

Care

Contemplation

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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
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"?

In the middle of his political career

While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career

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

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?

Yes

It's unclear

No

There is no debate
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker enjoying the theater
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?

Comus

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Areopagitica

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

We don't know

A person dies

The deer escapes

The deer dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Melancholy

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

A life of joy

Business

Festivals

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

Il Pendero

Il Penegro

Il Penseroso

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

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of contemplation

A life of joy
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"?

Zeus

Hecuba

Persephone

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

History play

Free verse

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 a gambling hall

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a forest

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

Zeus

Zephyr

Cerberus

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

Dove

Robbin

Lark

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

Tower

Gambling Hall

School

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

5

6

20

10
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 ___.

Ottava Rima

Lyric

Sonnet

Couplets

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