Lord Byron’s Poems Quizzes

Lord Byron's Poems Quiz 1

By Todd Gordon · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed December 31, 2011

1 What was Lord Byron's given name?

George Gordon

Jack Williams

William Coleridge

Byron Smith
2 What was Byron's father's nickname?

"Gentleman Jim"

"Bloody Byron"

"Wicked Bill"

"Mad Jack"
3 Who was Byron's mother?

Dorothy Wordsworth

Annabelle Lee

Mary Wollstonecraft

Catherine Gordon
4 What was Byron's ethnic heritage?

Irish

Scottish

Welsh

British
5 Who raised Byron?

his mother

his father

his uncle

his aunt
6 Which of the following schools did Byron NOT attend?

Cambridge

Oxford

Trinity

Harrow
7 What deformity was Byron born with?

a cleft palate

a club foot

six fingers

a hunchback
8 Who was Byron's first unrequited love?

Annabella Milbanke

Mary Chaworth

Claire Clairmont

Mary Godwin
9 Which family member did Byron grow most emotionally close to?

his aunt

his mother

his half-sister

his father
10 Whom did Byron marry?

Annabella Milbanke

Mary Chaworth

Claire Clairmont

Mary Godwin
11 What was Byron's first published book of poetry?

Manfred

The Prisoner of Chillon

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Fugitive Pieces
12 Who was Byron's most frequent traveling companion in Europe?

Wordsworth

Shelley

Coleridge

Hobhouse
13 What cause did Byron end his life supporting?

child labor law enforcement

preservation of antiquities in museums

Greek independence from Turkey

government reform in England
14 Byron's wife left him because he was ____.

addicted to drugs

abusive

poor

famous
15 Who was Byron's half-sister?

Mary

Annabella

Augusta

Clair
16 Who is the "Prisoner of Chillon"?

John Hobhouse

John Bunyan

Lord Byron

Francois de Bonnivard
17 What sub-genre of poetry is "Prisoner of Chillon"?

epic poem

poetic autobiography

medieval blason

dramatic monologue
18 In what country does "The Prisoner of Chillon" take place?

England

Germany

Switzerland

France
19 Where was the Chateau de Chillon located?

Lake Erie

Lake Leman

Tower of London

Adriatic Sea
20 What is the central theme of "The Prisoner of Chillon"?

oppressors can imprison a man, but not a nation

though the body may be imprisoned, the mind remains free

love of family endures where love of country fails

unrequited love is the only love worth having
21 How many men were imprisoned in "The Prisoner of Chillon"?

two

five

three

one
22 To what is the prisoner's younger brother compared?

a lion

a jackal

a bird

a fox
23 What is the prefered occupation of the older brother in "The Prisoner of Chillon"?

fishing

dancing

hunting

writing
24 How did the father of the prisoner die?

an infected war wound

beheaded with an axe

burned at the stake

hanged from a tree
25 What adds to the psychological torture of the brothers?

their cell is slowly filling with water

they must watch one another be tortured

they can hear the sounds of entertainment outside

they can hear but not see one another

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