Barry Lyndon

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

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

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? Jonathan Wild Andrew Robinson Stoney George Brummell, Esq. All of these

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 kidnaps Nora and takes her to England. He takes up with Nora's maidservant. He considers taking Holy Orders. He shoots Captain Quinn in a duel.

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? Field Marshal Schwerin none of these Wenzel Anton, Count of Kaunitz-Rietberg 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 dies in a tragic equestrian accident. He becomes a ruined alcoholic, like his father. He goes off and dies in the American War.

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