Thomas Chatterton was _____ years old when he dies.
Correct answer: C. 17
- A. 19
- B. 18
- C. 17
- D. 16
Explanation
Thomas Chatterton died in 1770 at the age of seventeen. His short life and the controversy surrounding his Rowley poems helped make him an important figure in pre-Romantic literary history.
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