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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. Who does Cumberland call to look at Harriet's painting?

2. What does Harriet say Sarah needs in her life?

3. What does Mr. Crome tell Chatterton is worse for the boy than being on the streets?

4. What does Charles say he will read to Harriet and Flint?

5. What name does Harriet want to call Phillip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chatterton spend his night?

2. Why is Chatterton excited about his life at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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

4. How is Charles at the beginning of the ninth chapter?

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

6. What do Wallis and Meredith see while they are working?

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

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

9. Why does Wallis think he is cheating Meredith?

10. How does Vivien keep Charles' memory alive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following historical figures in Ackroyd's novel and discuss how Ackroyd represents them in CHATTERTON and why he represents that person in that manner. Are there people who would argue against Ackroyd's representation of that person's life?

1. Thomas Chatterton

2. George Meredith

3. Mary Meredith

4. Henry Wallis

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1990s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author have to change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

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

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