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

2. What does Dorian do with Basil’s belongings at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Return them to Basil’s estate.
(b) Hide them in a compartment in the wall.
(c) Send them to Basil in Paris.
(d) Burn them.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. What does Basil want Dorian to do, according to Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Destroy the painting.
(b) Exile himself.
(c) Reconcile with Sibyl.
(d) Beg for forgiveness.

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

10. When does Dorian dress at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Seven in the evening.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Nine in the morning.
(d) Sometime around noon.

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

12. What does Dorian feel when he looks at his portrait in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Hatred.

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

14. What does Dorian do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) He sells his worldly possessions.
(b) He looks at the painting.
(c) He visits Lord Henry.
(d) He asks Mrs. Vane’s forgiveness for Sibyl’s death.

15. What source of light is used to show Basil the portrait?
(a) An oil lamp.
(b) A candle.
(c) The sun.
(d) An electric lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dorian appear at the end of the story?

2. Why does Dorian want opium, according to Chapter Sixteen?

3. What occupation does Dorian discover the man who was accidentally shot had?

4. Why does Dorian decide not to dwell on his feelings in Chapter Fourteen?

5. Whose face does Dorian see pressed against the window in Chapter Seventeen?

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