L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Sport

Jest

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

Care

Wrath

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?
The Greek name for Mirth

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
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 fame

The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of joy
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
As a small child

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
No

There is no debate

It's unclear

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

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker meeting his rival
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

On Shakespeare

Comus

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

The deer escapes

The deer dies

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Melancholy

The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief

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

A life of joy

An artistic temperment

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

Il Pendero

La Pendient

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

A life of joy

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry
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"?
Persephone

Zeus

Orpheus

Hecuba
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
History play

Classical hymn

Epic poetry

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

Pastoral poetry

Free verse

Classical hymn
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of the underworld

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

Zeus

Aurora

Zephyr
21 Which bird sings in "L'Allegro"?
Sparrow

Robbin

Dove

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

Tower

Church

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

6

10

5
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Canzone

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric
25 The majority of "L'Allegro" is written in ___.
Ottava Rima

Lyric

Couplets

Sonnet

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