Barry Lyndon

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1. What was the original title of this work? The Luck of Barry Lyndon The Luck of the Irish Barry Lyndon Lord Lyndon's Inauspicious Beginning

2. Thackeray's work first appeared serialized in which magazine? Pearson's Magazine The Dublin Magazine Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country The Strand Magazine

3. Under what nom-de-plume was Barry Lyndon published? George Savage Fitz-Boodle George Lindsey George Herman Ruth George Monck Albemarle

4. Who was Thackeray's model for the anti-hero Barry Lyndon? Andrew Robinson Stoney Jonathan Wild All of these George Brummell, Esq.

5. Barry Lyndon is the protagonist's given name. True False

6. Barry's life becomes complicated when his first love, Nora Brady, becomes betrothed to Captain Quinn. How does Barry resolve his unrequited passions? He shoots Captain Quinn in a duel. He considers taking Holy Orders. He kidnaps Nora and takes her to England. He takes up with Nora's maidservant.

7. In the course of the novel, which two armies does Lyndon fight for in the Seven Years War? England and Saxony England and Prussia France and England Prussia and Spain

8. While engaged in the personal service of Captain Potzdorff, Barry is asked to spy on whom? none of these Wenzel Anton, Count of Kaunitz-Rietberg Field Marshal Schwerin Captain Potzdorff's wife

9. What becomes of young Bryan, Barry's own son with Countess Lyndon? He is elected into Parliament over his cousin. He goes off and dies in the American War. He becomes a ruined alcoholic, like his father. He dies in a tragic equestrian accident.

10. What is the name of the place which becomes Barry's home for the last nineteen years of his life? Giltspur Street Compter Newgate Prison Fleet Prison The Tower of London