The Picture of Dorian Gray Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Picture of Dorian Gray Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Basil meet Dorian?
(a) On holiday.
(b) Through Lord Henry.
(c) At university.
(d) At a party.

2. Where does Dorian agree to go with Lord Henry at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) To a gala.
(b) The opera.
(c) To dinner.
(d) The theater.

3. How is Sibyl’s performance in Chapter Seven?
(a) Average.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Excellent.
(d) She does not perform.

4. Who does Lord Henry visit after learning more about Dorian?
(a) Lady Agatha.
(b) Dorian.
(c) Lord Fermor.
(d) Basil.

5. Why does Basil refuse to do what Lord Henry wants him to do?
(a) He does not do portraits of friends.
(b) He says the painting shows too much of himself.
(c) He thinks Dorian is too immoral to be captured on canvas.
(d) He fears a self-portrait would show his true, ugly self.

6. Who is at dinner with Lord Henry in Chapter Three?
(a) Basil.
(b) Dorian.
(c) James.
(d) Sibyl.

7. What does Dorian do when he sees the portrait?
(a) He covers it.
(b) He curses it.
(c) He takes it.
(d) He refuses to look at it.

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

9. How does Dorian react to Sibyl’s performance in Chapter Seven?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is heartbroken.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He falls deeper in love.

10. What does Lord Henry ask about in Chapter Three?
(a) Basil’s past.
(b) Dorian’s past.
(c) Dorian’s finances.
(d) The portrait.

11. Who arrives to Dorian’s home with news in Chapter Eight?
(a) Mrs. Vane.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Basil.
(d) Sybil.

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

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

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

15. Who is Dorian speaking with at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) Sybil.
(b) Victoria.
(c) James.
(d) Lady Agatha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Basil’s occupation?

2. Who introduced Dorian to Sibyl?

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

4. What does Lord Henry mock at dinner in Chapter Three?

5. What is Lord Henry’s interest in Dorian, according to Chapter Six?

(see the answer keys)

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