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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of the man Dorian sends for in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Scientist.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Professor.
(d) Actor.

2. Where is Dorian at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) His estate at Selby.
(b) This is not revealed.
(c) Paris.
(d) Walking his grounds.

3. Where is Basil going to go, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) The Americas.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. How does Lord Henry praise Dorian’s life in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) As being a true representation of the artistic life.
(b) As being “pure.”
(c) As being “exquisite.”
(d) As being “wholly hedonistic.”

5. How much time passes during Chapter Eleven?
(a) Days.
(b) Months.
(c) Years.
(d) Weeks.

6. What is the smell in the upper room of Dorian’s house at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Nitric acid.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Dust.
(d) Smoke.

7. What does Dorian insist about the soul in his discussion with Lord Henry in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) That it is real.
(b) That it can be taken.
(c) That it carries weight in the heart.
(d) That it can be seen.

8. How have many of Dorian’s friendships ended, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Disastrously.
(b) Mysteriously.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Amicably.

9. Who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) A sailor.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) A police officer.
(d) Basil.

10. How does Dorian appear as time passes during Chapter Eleven?
(a) The same.
(b) Older.
(c) Younger.
(d) Angrier.

11. What does Dorian tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) There is a dead body locked in a room of his house.
(b) He killed Sibyl Vane.
(c) Sibyl Vane is pregnant.
(d) There is a painting locked in a room that bears the weight of his sins.

12. According to Chapter Fifteen, what relation of Lady Narborough has a sad life?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her son.

13. How long after the incident in Chapter Seventeen does Dorian go hunting?
(a) The time frame is not given.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) One day.

14. Why does Basil say he wanted to speak to Dorian before leaving?
(a) To warn him.
(b) To tell him Sibyl has committed suicide.
(c) To ask him to dinner.
(d) To ask him to accompany Basil on his trip.

15. According to Lord Henry in Chapter Nineteen, what would spoil Dorian’s life?
(a) Asking God’s forgiveness.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Being virtuous.
(d) Forgiving himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

2. What does Dorian tell Lord Henry about what happens on the hunting trip?

3. What idea does Dorian entertain in Chapter Eighteen?

4. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?

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

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