L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Liberty

Jollity

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

Wrath

Care

Melancholy
3 Who is Orpheus?
A shepherd from Greek mythology who tried to lead his wife out of the underworld

The Greek name for Mirth

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"

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"?
While studying at Cambridge

At the end of his career

As a small child

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?
No

It's unclear

There is no debate

Yes
8 How does "L'Allegro" end?
With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker going back to work

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 Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Areopagitica

Comus
10 How does the hunt in "L'Allegro" end?
A person dies

The deer dies

The deer escapes

We don't know
11 Who is Faery Mab?
A fairy queen known for mischief

A friend of Melancholy

A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide
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 trade and industry

A life of amusement

A life of contemplation

A life of joy
15 How does "L'Allegro" begin?
With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide

With the speaker watching shepherds in the fields

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"?
Hecuba

Persephone

Zeus

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

Epic poetry

History play

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

Pastoral poetry

Free verse

Classical hymn
19 The speaker aligns Melancholy with ___.
The darkness of the underworld

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a gambling hall

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

Cerberus

Aurora

Zeus
21 Which bird sings in "L'Allegro"?
Sparrow

Lark

Robbin

Dove
22 Which image appears in "L'Allegro"?
Gambling Hall

Tower

Church

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

20

6

5
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Ottava Rima

Lyric

Sonnet

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

Lyric

Couplets

Sonnet

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