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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 does Dorian do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) He sells his worldly possessions.
(b) He asks Mrs. Vane’s forgiveness for Sibyl’s death.
(c) He looks at the painting.
(d) He visits Lord Henry.

2. What occupation does Dorian discover the man who was accidentally shot had?
(a) Opium den dealer.
(b) Judge.
(c) Servant.
(d) Sailor.

3. What does Lady Narborough suggest is the root of Dorian’s problems in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Sin.
(b) Love.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Exhaustion.

4. What do the colored bindings on Dorian’s book match, according to Chapter Eleven?
(a) The rooms in his home.
(b) His shifting moods.
(c) His dinner jackets.
(d) His shoes.

5. When does Dorian dress at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Nine in the morning.
(c) Sometime around noon.
(d) Seven in the evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?

2. Why does Dorian want opium, according to Chapter Sixteen?

3. Why does Lord Henry think Basil could not have been murdered, according to Chapter Nineteen?

4. What is the true identity of the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?

5. How does Lord Henry react to what Dorian says about the incident on the hunting trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dorian so conflicted in Chapter Fifteen?

2. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?

3. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

5. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?

6. What does Dorian mean when he says he will show Basil his soul in Chapter Twelve?

7. Explain the reference to a double life made at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen.

8. Why does Basil have to identify the painting of Dorian by his signature rather than by its appearance in Chapter Thirteen?

9. What fears does Dorian have in regards to his painting, according to Chapter Eleven? What does this fear reflect?

10. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?

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