L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Sport

Liberty

Jest

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

Melancholy

Care

Wrath

Contemplation
3 Who is Orpheus?

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

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 fame

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

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

At the end of his career

As a small child
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?

Edmund Spencer

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

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

It's unclear

Yes

No

There is no debate
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater

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

Areopagitica

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

A person dies

The deer escapes

We don't know

The deer dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

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

A life of joy

Festivals

Business

An artistic temperment
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 joy

A life of contemplation

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 choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker going to the theater
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?

Zeus

Orpheus

Persephone

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

Classical hymn

Free verse

Epic poetry

History play
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 the underworld

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Zeus

Aurora

Cerberus

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

Dove

Lark

Robbin

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

Gambling Hall

School

Church

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

10

20

6

5
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 ___.

Couplets

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric

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