L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Jest

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

Melancholy

Contemplation

Wrath
3 Who is Orpheus?
The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

The Greek name for Mirth

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
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"?
Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
Yes

No

There is no debate

It's unclear
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker meeting his rival

With the speaker going back to work

With the speaker enjoying the theater

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

Comus

Areopagitica

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
We don't know

The deer dies

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

Business

Festivals

An artistic temperment
13 What is the name of the companion poem to "L'Allegro"?
Il Pendero

Il Penegro

Il Penseroso

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

A life of joy

A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker going to the theater

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"?
Free verse

Classical hymn

History play

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

Free verse

Sonnet

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

The darkness of a forest

The darkness of a tower

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

Zeus

Zephyr

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

Dove

Sparrow

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

Gambling Hall

School

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

5

20

6
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Canzone

Lyric

Sonnet

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

Couplets

Ottava Rima

Lyric

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