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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 Cumberland say about Harriet's painting?

2. What are the curtains drawn to protect?

3. Who wrote The Four Seasons?

4. What did Vivien place under her husband's head?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the painting George picks up in the shop.

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

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

4. How does Charles die?

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

6. How does Harriet persuade Cumberland to authenticate her painting?

7. How does the scene change when Mary arrives?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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

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?

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