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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 does the child make a sound like?

2. What do the doctors think may have happened to Charles?

3. What does Flint think about Charles' death?

4. Where does Vivian take shelter from the rain?

5. Which of the following poets did Chatterton not forge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene change when Mary arrives?

2. What does Pat Joynson tell Philip about Chatterton?

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

4. How does Charles die?

5. What is wrong with the tea Wallis makes Meredith?

6. What does Chatterton's friend suggest as a cure for Chatterton's STD?

7. What does Chatterton do during the morning?

8. What does Mary do while Wallis and her husband watch the fire?

9. How does Philip promise to help Vivien?

10. How does Chatterton spend his night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote Chatterton in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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