L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Sport

Jest

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

Contemplation

Melancholy

Wrath

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?

The Greek name for Mirth

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
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 wealth

The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of fame
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

As a small child

At the end of his career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer

William Shakespeare

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

It's unclear

There is no debate

Yes

No
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"?

On Shakespeare

Comus

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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

The deer dies

A person dies

We don't know

The deer escapes
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

A friend of Mirth

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 Pendero

Il Penegro

La Pendient

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

A life of joy

A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry

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

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

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"?

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 a gambling hall

The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a tower

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

Zeus

Zephyr

Cerberus

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

Dove

Sparrow

Robbin

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

School

Tower

Church

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

20

10

5

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

Canzone

Lyric

Ottava Rima

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

Ottava Rima

Lyric

Sonnet

Couplets

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