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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dorian react to Basil’s request?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He verbally attacks Basil.
(c) He cries.
(d) He walks away.

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

3. How does Dorian appear at the end of the story?
(a) He cannot be found.
(b) As a horribly wrinkled and disfigured old man.
(c) The same has he did throughout the story.
(d) As a pile of burned bones.

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

5. What happens when Dorian excuses himself from the conversation in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Lord Henry hits him.
(b) Sibyl approaches him.
(c) He swoons.
(d) A storm suddenly appears.

6. What does Dorian do to the portrait in Chapter Twenty?
(a) He stabs it.
(b) He gives it to Lord Henry.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He moves it to a monastery.

7. Why does Dorian decide not to dwell on his feelings in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) To focus on his yellow book.
(b) Because he cannot do anything to change the past.
(c) To avoid making himself ill.
(d) Because he wants to preserve his friendship with Lord Henry.

8. What does Lady Narborough suggest is the root of Dorian’s problems in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Love.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Sin.

9. What does Dorian recite at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Lord Henry’s credo.
(b) The Lord’s Prayer.
(c) The inscription from his yellow book.
(d) Incoherent phrases.

10. Who does Dorian send for after breakfast in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Lord Henry.
(b) Alan.
(c) James.
(d) Basil.

11. What does Dorian grab in Chapter Twenty?
(a) The portrait.
(b) Basil’s pocketwatch.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

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

13. Who does Dorian use to create an alibi at the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) His servant.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) James.
(d) Basil.

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

15. Who does Dorian visit at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Mrs. Vane.
(b) The duchess.
(c) Basil.
(d) Lord Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian say he wants to do at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?

2. How long after the incident in Chapter Seventeen does Dorian go hunting?

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

4. Why does Basil say he wanted to speak to Dorian before leaving?

5. What does Dorian do with Basil’s belongings at the end of Chapter Fifteen?

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