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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Dorian go at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Basil's estate.
(b) Opium dens.
(c) The opera house.
(d) Lord Henry’s country estate.

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

9. How does the portrait appear at the end of Chapter Twenty?
(a) As it did when it was first painted.
(b) In tatters.
(c) Painted over in black.
(d) It cannot be found.

10. Where does Dorian plan to hold a party, according to Chapter Fifteen?
(a) His summer home.
(b) Paris.
(c) His country estate.
(d) Basil’s estate.

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

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

13. How does Dorian get Alan to do what he wants in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Empty promises.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Blackmail.

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

15. What does Dorian say he wants to do at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Travel to Australia.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Reform himself.
(d) Get married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dorian do to the portrait in Chapter Twenty?

3. What is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?

4. Who does Dorian run into at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

5. According to Chapter Thirteen, Basil recognizes the portrait based on his signature and _____.

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