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

Wrath

Melancholy

Care
3 Who is Orpheus?
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

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

The Greek name for Mirth
4 What does the speaker argue in "L'Allegro"?
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 wealth

The best life is the life full of joy
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
In the middle of his political career

As a small child

While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
Yes

There is no debate

No

It's unclear
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker going back to work
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Comus

Areopagitica
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
The deer dies

We don't know

The deer escapes

A person dies
11 Who is Faery Mab?
The speaker's guide

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief

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

Festivals

An artistic temperment

Business
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?
La Pendient

Il Penseroso

Il Penegro

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

A life of joy

A life of trade and industry

A life of contemplation
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

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

Zeus

Hecuba

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?
Sonnet

Free verse

Classical hymn

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

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Aurora

Zephyr

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

Sparrow

Lark

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

Church

Tower

Gambling Hall
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
5

6

20

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

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

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

Couplets

Lyric

Sonnet

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