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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 street was Colston's second school located on?

2. What does Harriet say Charles writes like?

3. What does Meredith say he is capable of enduring?

4. What was the name of Seymour's assistant?

5. What did Vivien work as in Cumberland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Chatterton's upbringing.

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

3. What does the elderly man say to Charles on the phone?

4. What does Philip find out about Harriet in this chapter?

5. How does Charles ease Harriet's mind?

6. Why did Harriet use Bentley's plots?

7. What do Harriet and Sarah discuss at Sarah's house?

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

9. What does Flint think about Chatterton's handwriting?

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

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in two of the following scenarios:

1. The police come and arrest the character for forgery.

2. The character's closest friend dies.

3. The character is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

4. The character's work becomes world renowned.

5. The character is faced with bankruptcy.

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