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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the hostess at the party in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Lady Narborough.
(b) Lady Agatha.
(c) Lord Fermor.
(d) Lord Henry.

2. How does Basil advise Dorian about his influence over other youths?
(a) Use it for good.
(b) Refrain from using it.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) Let go of it.

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

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

5. What idea does Dorian entertain in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Sailing away on a yacht.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Following Basil to Paris.
(d) Moving to the Americas.

6. Who does Dorian have breakfast with at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?
(a) James.
(b) Basil.
(c) Lord Henry.
(d) The duchess.

7. Whose presence brightens the party for Dorian in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Alan's.
(b) Basil’s.
(c) Lord Henry’s.
(d) Sibyl’s.

8. How long is Basil going to be gone, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Six months.
(b) An unspecified amount of time.
(c) Three months.
(d) A year.

9. What youth does Dorian find in Chapter Sixteen, whom he is said to have corrupted?
(a) Alan Campbell.
(b) Adrian Singleton.
(c) James Vane.
(d) John Worthing.

10. What happens to Dorian’s portrait during Chapter Eleven?
(a) Dorian refuses to look at it, so this is not known.
(b) It does not change.
(c) It begins to look more beautiful.
(d) It deteriorates.

11. What does Dorian realize about his attempt to be virtuous?
(a) It was hypocritical.
(b) It was not enough.
(c) It was meant as a joke.
(d) It was in an attempt to get Sibyl back.

12. How does Basil describe the portrait after seeing how it has changed?
(a) His greatest failure.
(b) An awful lesson.
(c) A portrait of Hell.
(d) An abomination.

13. What knowledge does Dorian’s friend have that Dorian needs, according to Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Law.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Music.

14. What happens to Dorian throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) He is verbally attacked by Basil.
(b) He feels chills.
(c) He cannot taste his food.
(d) His philosophy is questioned.

15. Where does Dorian go at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) On a walk.
(b) Australia.
(c) The theater.
(d) A dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a woman address Dorian as he prepares to leave an opium den in Chapter Sixteen?

2. What does Dorian do to Basil in Chapter Thirteen?

3. How have many of Dorian’s friendships ended, according to Chapter Twelve?

4. What is the name of the man who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?

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

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