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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 decision does Dorian make in Chapter Seven?
(a) To elope with Sibyl.
(b) To break off the engagement.
(c) To buy a house for Mrs. Vane.
(d) To follow James to Australia.

2. What news about Dorian is shared at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) He is engaged to Sibyl.
(b) He is married to Sibyl.
(c) He is missing.
(d) He has bought the playhouse.

3. Why is James reluctant to leave his family?
(a) He knows they will spend money poorly.
(b) He is worried about Sibyl.
(c) He does not want to go to war.
(d) He fears Sibyl will try to follow him.

4. What does Dorian decide to do with the portrait at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) Allow it to be exhibited.
(b) Give it back to Basil.
(c) Destroy it.
(d) Hide it.

5. In what play did Dorian see Sibyl that led to his proposal?
(a) Richard III.
(b) Macbeth
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) As You Like It.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the end of Chapter One?

2. What does Dorian do when he sees the portrait?

3. What role did Sibyl play that led to Dorian’s proposal?

4. How does Dorian react to Sibyl’s performance in Chapter Seven?

5. What philosophy does Lord Henry discuss at dinner in Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reaction does Dorian have to the yellow book? What does the yellow book signify?

2. Why was Dorian in the slums in Chapter Four?

3. What is the Preface about?

4. Why does Dorian hide the painting from Basil?

5. Why is Dorian heartbroken at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

6. Why does Basil say he originally did not want Dorian to see the painting?

7. Why does Lord Henry not pass judgment on Dorian’s engagement?

8. How does Dorian deal with his emotion about Sibyl’s death at the end of Chapter Ten?

9. Why is Basil reluctant to introduce Dorian and Lord Henry?

10. What does Basil think of the change in Dorian, according to Chapter Nine?

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