Personal Life
When was Lord Bryon born?
January 22, 1788
What was the name of his distant cousin, who was older and already engaged, and which he fell in love with in 1803?
Mary Chaworth
How long did it take to write Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage ?
6 years
Which political party was Lord Byron part of?
Liberal Whig
What defect was Byron born with?
Clubfoot
Who was Lord Byron´s father?
John Byron, he was a captain
Who did he divorce
Anne Milbanke
Which work of literature gained him his first recognition?
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
What country influence Lord Byron´s Political views?
England
What was Byron's legal name ?
George Gordon Byron
Other than creating poetry, what were other hobbies Lord Byron participated in?
Boxing, fencing, theater, and gambling
What was Byron's sexuality hinted to be ?
Bisexual
In July of 1816, Byron wrote three poems, what were the name of those three poems?
¨The Dream¨, ¨Darkness¨, and "Prometheus"
As Honorary Capo of a workmen’s group of the Carbonari, why did the Austrian police decide to keep close observation of Byron’s activities and open his mail?
Byron supplied them with arms and made his house their arsena.
Whose morals did Byron most agree with ?
Greeks and Italians
At what age did Byron inherit his Great uncle´s title of the 5th Baron Byron?
At the age of 10
Who did Byron have an affair with in Italy?
Marianna Segati, his landlord’s wife
What is one of the most used literary devices in pieces like:
Don Juan
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
The Vision of Judgment
Satire
Which of the following works of literature did Lord Byron decide to include political and social constraints on human freedom?
A.Hours of Idleness
B.Don Juan
C. Manfred
B. Don Juan
What did Byron fall in love with in England when he was little?
the ghostly halls and spacious ruins of Newstead Abbey
Name both the schools Lord Byron went too.
Trinity College, Cambridge and Harrow in England
Who did Byron have a liaison with?
Lady Caroline Lamb
What is one of the most common themes in Don Juan?
Defiant Humanism
Lord Byron spoke 3 times in the House of Lords, what was the topic of his most controversial speech?
Catholic Emancipation
What cleared Byron of his debts?
Selling Newstead Abbey