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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 Dorian not want Lord Henry to loan to anyone, according to Chapter Nineteen?
2. Where does Dorian go at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?
3. How does Dorian get Alan to do what he wants in Chapter Fourteen?
4. What does Dorian recite at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
5. What is the focus of Dorian’s study, according to Chapter Eleven?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?
2. What fears does Dorian have in regards to his painting, according to Chapter Eleven? What does this fear reflect?
3. Explain the hypocrisy in Dorian’s attempt to reform himself.
4. Why do people dismiss the stories of Dorian’s behavior in Chapter Eleven?
5. What does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?
6. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?
7. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
8. Explain how and why Dorian dies at the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
9. What is the significance of Lord Henry changing the subject when Dorian mentions his desire to reform?
10. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define irony and list the three types. Identify at least one example of each type of irony from the story. Is Wilde’s use of irony effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the relationship between Dorian and Basil with the relationship between Dorian and Lord Henry. How do their interactions with Dorian affect him? What is the purpose of each of their relationships throughout the story?
Essay Topic 3
Define foil. Identify a pair of foils from The Picture of Dorian Gray and explain how they are foils to each other.
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