L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Liberty

Sport

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

Contemplation

Care

Wrath

Melancholy
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 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"?

As a small child

While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career

In the middle of his political career
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?

There is no debate

No

It's unclear

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?

With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

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

On Shakespeare

Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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?

The speaker's guide

A friend of Mirth

A friend of Melancholy

A fairy queen known for mischief
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____

Festivals

An artistic temperment

A life of joy

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

Il Penegro

La Pendient

Il Penseroso

Il Pendero
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 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

Hecuba

Orpheus

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

Free verse

History play

Classical hymn

Epic poetry
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?

Sonnet

Classical hymn

Pastoral poetry

Free verse
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of the underworld

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

Zeus

Cerberus

Zephyr

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

Dove

Sparrow

Robbin

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

School

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?

Sonnet

Canzone

Lyric

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

Couplets

Sonnet

Lyric

Ottava Rima

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