L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jest

Jollity

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

Melancholy

Care

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

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

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

The Greek name for Mirth
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 wealth

The best life is the life full of joy

The best life is the life full of fame
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
In the middle of his political career

As a small child

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
Christopher Marlowe

Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
It's unclear

There is no debate

No

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker meeting his rival

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

On Shakespeare

Areopagitica

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

The deer dies

We don't know

The deer escapes
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 ____
Business

An artistic temperment

Festivals

A life of joy
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?
Il Penegro

Il Penseroso

Il Pendero

La Pendient
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement

A life of contemplation

A life of joy
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields
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"?
Epic poetry

Classical hymn

History play

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

Pastoral poetry

Sonnet

Free verse
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of a forest

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

Zephyr

Cerberus

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

Lark

Sparrow

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

Church
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
10

20

5

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

Ottava Rima

Lyric

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

Sonnet

Lyric

Ottava Rima

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