L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Jest

Liberty

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

Melancholy

Care

Contemplation
3 Who is Orpheus?
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

The goddess who guides "Il Penseroso"
4 What does the speaker argue in "L'Allegro"?
The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of joy

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"?
While studying at Cambridge

In the middle of his political career

As a small child

At the end of his career
6 Which playwright does Milton reference in "L'Allegro"?
Edmund Spencer

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
No

There is no debate

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 joining the peasants

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

On Shakespeare

Areopagitica

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 fairy queen known for mischief

The speaker's guide

A friend of Mirth

A friend of Melancholy
12 During the Renaissance, people associated Melancholy with ____
An artistic temperment

A life of joy

Festivals

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

Il Pendero

Il Penseroso

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

A life of trade and industry

A life of amusement

A life of contemplation
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"?
Hecuba

Orpheus

Zeus

Persephone
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

Free verse

Classical hymn

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of a forest

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

Cerberus

Aurora

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

Sparrow

Robbin

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

Tower

Church

Gambling Hall
23 How many lines is the prelude to "L'Allegro"?
6

20

5

10
24 Which form does Milton draw from in the rhyme scheme of the prelude?
Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Canzone

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

Ottava Rima

Sonnet

Couplets

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