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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sibyl’s nickname for Dorian?
(a) Romeo.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Prince Charming.
(d) Darling Dorian.

2. What does Basil warn Dorian about in Chapter Two?
(a) The opium dens.
(b) The portrait is not an exact likeness.
(c) Lady Agatha’s charity work.
(d) Lord Henry.

3. What does Basil do while Lord Henry and Dorian talk in Chapter Two?
(a) Finish the portrait.
(b) Make tea.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Dress for dinner.

4. How many men does Dorian tell his servant to bring back at the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) Four.
(b) As many as can be spared.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. What does Dorian think of the book, according to the end of Chapter Ten?
(a) He is unsure of what it means.
(b) He thinks it is fascinating.
(c) He is angry about it.
(d) He hates it.

6. Where is James preparing to go in Chapter Five?
(a) America.
(b) Australia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

7. What does Basil ask Dorian to do in Chapter Nine?
(a) Move into his house.
(b) Sit for another portrait.
(c) Stop spending time with Lord Henry.
(d) Find a new woman to marry.

8. Who does Lord Henry visit at the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) Basil.
(b) Dorian.
(c) Lady Agatha.
(d) Lord Fermor.

9. What plans does Dorian abandon at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) Singing for Lady Agatha.
(b) Visiting Basil.
(c) Visiting his mother.
(d) Going to the theater.

10. Who tells the story of Dorian’s engagement in Chapter Six?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Basil.
(d) No one.

11. Who arrives at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Sibyl Vane.
(c) Lady Agatha.
(d) Lord Fermor.

12. What does Sibyl say is the cause of her performance in Chapter Seven?
(a) Dorian.
(b) James.
(c) She has an illness.
(d) The playhouse owner.

13. Who is the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray?
(a) Pablo Neruda.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

14. What philosophy does Lord Henry discuss at dinner in Chapter Three?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Hedonism.
(c) Stoicism.
(d) Freud’s psychology.

15. Who gave Dorian the book he reads in Chapter Ten?
(a) Lady Agatha.
(b) Basil.
(c) The local parish priest.
(d) Lord Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dorian meet Sibyl?

2. What accompanies the book Dorian reads in Chapter Ten?

3. Who is Basil conversing with at the beginning of the story?

4. What does James pledge to do if Dorian ever harms Sibyl?

5. What does Dorian’s love of Sibyl teach him about Lord Henry’s philosophy, according to Chapter Six?

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