L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jollity

Jest

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

Contemplation

Care

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?
The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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 contemplation

The best life is the life full of wealth

The best life is the life full of fame
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"?
William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
It's unclear

There is no debate

No

Yes
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"?
Comus

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

On Shakespeare

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

The deer dies

We don't know

A person dies
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 ____
Business

An artistic temperment

A life of joy

Festivals
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 contemplation

A life of joy

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker going to the theater

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

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

Orpheus

Hecuba

Zeus
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
History play

Epic poetry

Classical hymn

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

Pastoral poetry

Classical hymn

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Cerberus

Zeus

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

Lark

Robbin

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

Church

Gambling Hall

Tower
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
20

10

5

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

Canzone

Ottava Rima

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

Lyric

Sonnet

Ottava Rima

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