L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Sport

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

One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"
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 fame

The best life is the life full of wealth

The best life is the life full of contemplation
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

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

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
There is no debate

No

It's unclear

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker going back to work

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

Comus

Areopagitica

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

The deer dies

The deer escapes

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

A friend of Melancholy

A friend of Mirth
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
An artistic temperment

Festivals

A life of joy

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

Il Pendero

Il Penegro

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

A life of joy

A life of contemplation

A life of trade and industry
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

Zeus

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

History play

Classical hymn

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

Classical hymn

Pastoral poetry

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

The darkness of a gambling hall

The darkness of the underworld

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

Cerberus

Zephyr

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

Dove

Robbin

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

Gambling Hall

School

Tower
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?
Lyric

Sonnet

Canzone

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

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Lyric

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