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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. Which of the following phrases does Harriet use to describe her food?

2. What city do Philip and Charles travel to?

3. What happens to the air when Charles walks through the arch into the gardens?

4. What kind of problem does Harriet tell Charles she has?

5. Where does Vivien work?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Flint think about Chatterton's handwriting?

3. What happens to Charles the following morning?

4. Why is Charles happy that Chatterton's handwriting looks like it was written between 1790 and 1830?

5. How does Charles find the original owner of the Chatterton portrait?

6. Why does Charles hesitate about accepting Harriet's proposal to write her memoirs?

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

8. Why does Charles go to the antique store?

9. How does Charles ease Harriet's mind?

10. What inspired Chatterton to write?

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

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 3

Replace the play's London setting with one of the following cities:

1. New York.

2. Paris.

3. Chicago.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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