L&#39;Allegro Quizzes

L'Allegro Quiz

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

Sport

Jest

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

Care

Melancholy

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 fame

The best life is the life full of wealth

The best life is the life full of contemplation

The best life is the life full of joy
5 When did Milton write "L'Allegro"?
As a small child

In the middle of his political career

While studying at Cambridge

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

Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spencer
7 Does the speaker in "L'Allegro" win the debate?
There is no debate

Yes

No

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

With the speaker enjoying the theater

With the speaker joining the peasants

With the speaker meeting his rival
9 Which later work was directly influenced by the speaker in "L'Allegro"?
Comus

On Shakespeare

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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 friend of Melancholy

A friend of Mirth

The speaker's guide

A fairy queen known for mischief
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"?
La Pendient

Il Pendero

Il Penseroso

Il Penegro
14 What does the speaker argue for in "Il Penseroso"?
A life of amusement

A life of trade and industry

A life of joy

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 rejecting Melancholy

With the speaker choosing Mirth as his guide
16 Which character from Greek mythology does the speaker allude to in "L'Allegro"?
Hecuba

Zeus

Persephone

Orpheus
17 Which genre does Milton draw from in "L'Allegro"?
Epic poetry

Free verse

Classical hymn

History play
18 The shepherds that appear in "L'Allegro" draw from which tradition?
Pastoral poetry

Classical hymn

Sonnet

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

The darkness of a tower

The darkness of the underworld

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

Aurora

Cerberus

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

Lark

Sparrow

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

Church

Tower

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

10

6

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

Canzone

Sonnet

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

Lyric

Sonnet

Couplets

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