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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Charles Wychwood hear as he watches leaves fall to the ground?
(a) Workmen.
(b) Birds.
(c) Flies.
(d) Crickets.

2. What kind of books does the library keep in the basement?
(a) Comic books.
(b) Old and neglected books.
(c) Antique books.
(d) Foreign books.

3. What does Charles give Harriet for a present?
(a) A box of chocolates.
(b) A book of his poetry.
(c) A photograph of his family.
(d) One of his wife's cakes.

4. What kind of problem does Harriet tell Charles she has?
(a) An old age problem.
(b) A financial problem.
(c) A female problem.
(d) A relationship problem.

5. What name is Thomas Chatterton also known as?
(a) Tom-horse face
(b) Tommy Large.
(c) Tom-all-alone.
(d) Tom-two face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instrument is Charles' book about?

2. What does Harriet say Charles writes like?

3. What does Charles say has pained his senses?

4. Which of the following phrases is now on the sign for Leno's Antiques?

5. What blood line does Cumberland tell Vivien she has in her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary refuse to write Harriet's memoirs?

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

3. How does Harriet react when Charles mentions that she copied Harrison Bentley's plots for her novels?

4. Describe Chatterton's upbringing.

5. What is the problem with Charles' portrait?

6. What happens to Charles the following morning?

7. What is special about St. Mary Redcliffe Church?

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

9. How did Chatterton start his career as a writer?

10. Why did Harriet use Bentley's plots?

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