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What was Lord Byron primarily known for during his lifetime?
What was Lord Byron primarily known for during his lifetime?
- His satiric realism in Don Juan
- His unconventional lifestyle and numerous love affairs
- His autobiographical poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (correct)
- His role in aiding the Greeks' struggle for independence
How did Lord Byron's appearance influence his life?
How did Lord Byron's appearance influence his life?
- It motivated him to travel frequently
- It inspired him to join the military
- It led to his involvement in numerous love affairs
- It made him sensitive about his appearance throughout his life (correct)
What was one unconventional aspect of Lord Byron?
What was one unconventional aspect of Lord Byron?
- He had a pet tiger
- He was an expert swordsman
- He frequently traveled and had a pet bear (correct)
- He was a skilled painter
How did Lord Byron contribute to the Greeks' struggle for independence?
How did Lord Byron contribute to the Greeks' struggle for independence?
What was the probable cause of Lord Byron's death?
What was the probable cause of Lord Byron's death?
Where was Lord Byron born?
Where was Lord Byron born?
In which autobiographical poem is Lord Byron referred to as the 'gloomy egoist'?
In which autobiographical poem is Lord Byron referred to as the 'gloomy egoist'?
Where did Lord Byron develop an extreme sensitivity to his lameness?
Where did Lord Byron develop an extreme sensitivity to his lameness?
What was the title of Lord Byron's first published volume of poetry?
What was the title of Lord Byron's first published volume of poetry?
Where did Lord Byron embark on a grand tour with John Cam Hobhouse?
Where did Lord Byron embark on a grand tour with John Cam Hobhouse?
What is the central theme of the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
What is the central theme of the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage?
What scandal was barely prevented by Byron's friend Hobhouse?
What scandal was barely prevented by Byron's friend Hobhouse?
Where did Byron move to in September after Shelley's drowning?
Where did Byron move to in September after Shelley's drowning?
Which publication by Byron sold 10,000 copies on the day of its release?
Which publication by Byron sold 10,000 copies on the day of its release?
What sentiment does Byron express in his Oriental verse tales like The Corsair and Lara?
What sentiment does Byron express in his Oriental verse tales like The Corsair and Lara?
To whom did Byron give his later work, including cantos VI to XVI of Don Juan?
To whom did Byron give his later work, including cantos VI to XVI of Don Juan?
Which event led to the legal separation between Byron and Lady Byron?
Which event led to the legal separation between Byron and Lady Byron?
What epidemic did Byron contract in April 1824 in Missolonghi?
What epidemic did Byron contract in April 1824 in Missolonghi?
What did Byron become to the Greeks after his death?
What did Byron become to the Greeks after his death?
Where was Byron finally memorialized 145 years after his death?
Where was Byron finally memorialized 145 years after his death?
When did Byron complete 16 cantos of Don Juan?
When did Byron complete 16 cantos of Don Juan?
What was the reason behind Byron transforming Don Juan into an innocent young man?
What was the reason behind Byron transforming Don Juan into an innocent young man?
Where did Byron rent a villa in early summer of 1822?
Where did Byron rent a villa in early summer of 1822?
What role did Countess Teresa Gamba Guiccioli play in Byron's life?
What role did Countess Teresa Gamba Guiccioli play in Byron's life?
What did Byron's satire 'The Vision of Judgment' parody?
What did Byron's satire 'The Vision of Judgment' parody?
According to Walter Scott in 1824, what aspects of human life did Lord Byron's writing encompass in Don Juan?
According to Walter Scott in 1824, what aspects of human life did Lord Byron's writing encompass in Don Juan?
What did Walter Scott say about the nature of Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan?
What did Walter Scott say about the nature of Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan?
How did Goethe describe Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan?
How did Goethe describe Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan?
What aspect of Lord Byron's writing did Algernon Charles Swinburne praise regarding Don Juan?
What aspect of Lord Byron's writing did Algernon Charles Swinburne praise regarding Don Juan?
Why did Walter Scott consider Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan surpassingly beautiful?
Why did Walter Scott consider Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan surpassingly beautiful?
What distinguished Tatiana Gnedich's translation of Don Juan into Russian during her imprisonment?
What distinguished Tatiana Gnedich's translation of Don Juan into Russian during her imprisonment?
'Across the stanzas...we swim forward as over the ‘broad backs of the sea’; they break and glitter, hiss and laugh, murmur and move like waves that sound or that subside.' This imagery is used to describe the ____________.
'Across the stanzas...we swim forward as over the ‘broad backs of the sea’; they break and glitter, hiss and laugh, murmur and move like waves that sound or that subside.' This imagery is used to describe the ____________.
Why did Walter Scott emphasize that Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan is both wholly new and relative to the age?
Why did Walter Scott emphasize that Lord Byron's writing in Don Juan is both wholly new and relative to the age?
