Lord Byron's Early Life
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What was the name of Lord Byron's ancestral home?

  • Newcastle
  • Newbury
  • Newstead (correct)
  • Newport

Where did Lord Byron live with his mother after inheriting the title and the ancestral home?

  • Nottingham (correct)
  • Glasgow
  • Birmingham
  • Edinburgh

Which university did Lord Byron enroll in and did little work at?

  • Oxford
  • Cambridge (correct)
  • Harvard
  • Yale

What did Lord Byron keep in his rooms while studying at university?

<p>A bear (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Byron marry Annabella Milbanke?

<p>1815 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Byron meet Shelley?

<p>Venice (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the title of Byron's discursive travelogue in Spenserian stanzas?

<p>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the cause of Byron's involvement with republican politics in Venice?

<p>His open affair with Countess Guicioli (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event led to Byron taking up the cause of Greek Independence?

<p>Shelley's death (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of Byron's works was unfinished at his death and considered the greatest satire/mock epic in the English language?

<p>'Don Juan' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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