L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jest

Sport

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

Wrath

Contemplation

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?
One of the peasants the speaker sees in the fields

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

A shepherd from Greek mythology who tried to lead his wife out of the underworld

The Greek name for Mirth
4 What does the speaker argue in "L'Allegro"?
The best life is the life full of wealth

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 contemplation
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
In the middle of his political career

As a small child

At the end of his career

While studying at Cambridge
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spencer

William Shakespeare

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

No

There is no debate

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker meeting his rival

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

Areopagitica

On Shakespeare

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

We don't know

A person dies

The deer escapes
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A friend of Melancholy

A friend of Mirth

A fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide
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 Pendero

Il Penegro

La Pendient

Il Penseroso
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 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"?
Orpheus

Zeus

Persephone

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

Classical hymn

History play

Epic poetry
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 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?
Aurora

Zephyr

Zeus

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

Robbin

Lark

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

Gambling Hall

Tower

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

6

20

5
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 ___.
Lyric

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Couplets

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