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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 part of Britain do Philip, Edward and Vivien drive to?

2. What does Charles tell Edward he could injure?

3. What does Chatterton have to take four grains of?

4. Who does Chatterton see walk into the building just as it is about to be demolished?

5. What is Charles reading at the beginning of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wallis think about George and Mary Meredith?

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

4. How does Sadlier know the Seymour paintings are fake?

5. How does the scene change when Mary arrives?

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

7. How does Merk try to prove that the Seymour painting are not fake?

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

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

10. Where are all the characters when Charles dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the main turning points of the novel? How does Ackroyd develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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