5. In his choice of themes, did he favor cheerful subjects? IV, 388.

6. Was Byron's early death a real loss to literature? IV, 399.

7. Why were Byron's tragedies his least successful performances? VIII, 357.

8. Is his fame destined to endure? I, 181.

9. Why did Byron fail, while Spenser succeeded, in applying the spirit of his age to English literature? I, 180.

10. What characteristics of Romanticism appear in his work? Contrast it with that of Pope and Goldsmith. Compare it with Burns.

FROM "CHILDE HAROLD"

1. The selections from "Childe Harold" represent Byron at his best in spirit and in style.

2. "Greece"; why does Byron use the phrase, "sad relic of departed worth"?