L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Jest

Liberty

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

Care

Contemplation

Melancholy

Wrath
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"

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The Greek name for Mirth
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"?

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

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

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe
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 joining the peasants

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker meeting his rival
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?

Comus

Areopagitica

On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?

The deer dies

The deer escapes

We don't know

A person dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

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

A life of joy

An artistic temperment

Festivals

Business
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?

Il Penegro

La Pendient

Il Pendero

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

A life of joy

A life of amusement

A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry
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"?

Epic poetry

Classical hymn

Free verse

History play
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?

Classical hymn

Free verse

Pastoral poetry

Sonnet
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zephyr

Aurora

Zeus

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

Lark

Sparrow

Robbin

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

School

Gambling Hall

Church

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

10

5

20

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

Ottava Rima

Lyric

Sonnet

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

Couplets

Lyric

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

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