L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Liberty

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

Care

Contemplation

Wrath
3 Who is Orpheus?
The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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 wealth

The best life is the life full of joy

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

As a small child

In the middle of his political career

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?
Yes

No

It's unclear

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 enjoying the theater

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

Areopagitica

Comus

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
We don't know

The deer dies

A person dies

The deer escapes
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
Festivals

An artistic temperment

Business

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

La Pendient

Il Penegro

Il Pendero
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement

A life of joy
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

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"?
Persephone

Orpheus

Hecuba

Zeus
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Epic poetry

Free verse

Classical hymn

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

Classical hymn

Free verse

Sonnet
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a gambling hall
20 Who does the speaker say gave birth to Melancholy?
Zephyr

Aurora

Zeus

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

Lark

Sparrow

Robbin
22 Which image appears in "L'Allegro"?
Tower

School

Church

Gambling Hall
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
20

6

5

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

Lyric

Ottava Rima

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

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric

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