L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Sport

Liberty

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

Wrath

Care

Contemplation
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

At the end of his career

As a small child

In the middle of his political career
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?
No

Yes

It's unclear

There is no debate
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater

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

On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
We don't know

The deer dies

The deer escapes

A person dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief

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

Festivals

An artistic temperment

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

Il Penegro

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 watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Hecuba

Persephone

Zeus

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

Free verse

Epic poetry

Classical hymn
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 forest

The darkness of a tower

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

Zephyr

Zeus

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

Sparrow

Dove

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

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

6

5

20
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Canzone

Sonnet

Lyric

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

Couplets

Sonnet

Lyric

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