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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Chatterton's invented monk?

2. What does Charles say has pained his senses?

3. What part of London does Andrew Flint live in?

4. What was Chatterton taught to calculate at his school?

5. What do the stone stairs smell like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Charles the following morning?

2. Why does Harriet fear her memories?

3. What do Harriet and Sarah discuss at Sarah's house?

4. What is special about St. Mary Redcliffe Church?

5. What does the elderly man say to Charles on the phone?

6. Describe Flint's work.

7. How does Harriet react when Charles mentions that she copied Harrison Bentley's plots for her novels?

8. Why does Pat give away the painting?

9. How does Joynson suggest Chatterton can make them rich?

10. What does Philip find out about Harriet in this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine what i texpresses about mid-18th century society:

1) Chatterton's STD.

2) The boy Chatterton saves.

3) Chatterton's publisher's idea about faking Chatterton's death.

Essay Topic 2

How did Thomas Chatterton view the eighteenth century? What impact has his poetry had on British literature?

Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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