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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 is Harriet kissing as she cries?

2. What does Vivian say when she first sees Flint and Harriet at the crematorium?

3. What are the doll's limbs held together with?

4. What is the last line of the poem that Charles quotes?

5. What kind of wood is Charles' coffin made from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chatterton help the street urchin?

2. Why does Wallis think he is cheating Meredith?

3. How does Harriet act during Charles' funeral service?

4. What does Chatterton do during the morning?

5. In what way do Charles and Vivien view Chatterton's papers differently?

6. How does Vivien keep Charles' memory alive?

7. How does Harriet persuade Vivien to give her Chatterton's papers?

8. How does Chatterton spend his night?

9. Why does Edward claim he does not like the Chatterton portrait?

10. How does Harriet get what she wants from Vivien?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What are the arguments for and against forgery? What are Ackroyd's opinions on forgery and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Ackroyd's opinions?

Essay Topic 3

What is a premise? Why is a premise important to a story? What is the premise of CHATTERTON?

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