Lord Byron's Early Life
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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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did Byron marry Annabella Milbanke?

    <p>1815</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did Byron meet Shelley?

    <p>Venice</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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