U8 L6 George Gordon, Lord Byron

Question 1

How did Byron’s life begin?

Answer 1

inauspiciously, no signs of promise

Question 2

What were Byron’s father and mother known for?

Answer 2

f- immoral behavior

m- emotionally unstable

Question 3

Life for Byron improved when at 10 he inherited what?

Answer 3

great uncle’s title, Lord Byron, and his estate

Question 4

What College did Byron attend?

Answer 4

Trinity College

Question 5

From 1809 to 1811, Byron went on a tour of Euro and Asia that he wrote about in which publication?

Answer 5

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

Question 6

Was Byron’s life reckless?

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

In 1823, Byron joined a committee to aid what?

Answer 7

Greek revolution

Question 8

Where did Byron contract a fever and die?

Answer 8

Greece

Question 9

How was Byron an atypical Romantic poet?

Answer 9

• satire/humor
• cynicism
• did not take seriously

Question 10

What was Byron’s most notable contribution to literature?

Answer 10

Byronic Hero

Question 11

What are the characteristics of the Byronic hero?

Answer 11

• larger than life
• powerful (nature is equal)
• greatness isolates them from society
• feels more strongly
• melancholy
• likes suffering

Question 12

The archetype of the Byronic hero was different because of what?

Answer 12

did not always consider himself innocent

Question 13

What are the 4 traits of Romanticism displayed by Byron?

Answer 13

• individual freedom
• adventure and nature
• used himself in poetry
• emotional appeal

Question 14

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage was a panoramic poem written over how many years?

Answer 14

nine

Question 15

Childe Harold is journeying through what plces?

Answer 15

Europe and Asia Minor

Question 16

What is Childe bored of and is the reason he makes his journey?

Answer 16

meaningless pleasures of the world

Question 17

How are Childe and Byron similar?

Answer 17

finds life lacking and isolates themselves

Question 18

Does Don Juan have a plan or theme?

Answer 18

no

Question 19

In Don Juan, Byron intended to shock the () of his readers

Answer 19

sensibilities

Question 20

In Don Juan, what did Byron want to show his readers?

Answer 20

• some their proprieties not proper
• values of society not important
• things not valued important

Question 21

Unlike Coleridge and Wordsworth, Don Juan was written in what way?

Answer 21

• straightforward

- few symbols

Question 22

Byron mocks Don Juan’s mother for what?

Answer 22

her display of knowledge

Question 23

What are the two ways Byron mocks Donna Inez?

Answer 23

• she tries at wit (suggest cannot achieve)

- abilities are manifested in the way she dresses

Question 24

Donna Inez only knows Latin but (), and Greek at least the ()

Answer 24

• only the Lords Prayer

- alphabet

Question 25

What is ottava rima?

Answer 25

• 8 iambic pentameter lines

- rhyme scheme: abab abcc

Question 26

Where does Byron use ottava rima?

Answer 26

Don Juan

Question 27

Byron believe Romantics sought high levels of meaning in nature that they forgot its simple ()

Answer 27

reality

Question 28

The Destruction of Sennacherib gives a description of what?

Answer 28

• Old Testament account of attack on Jerusalem by Sennacherib
• 703 BC

Question 29

Who is Sennacherib?

Answer 29

Assyrian king