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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorian offer to show Basil, according to the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) The diary of his life.
(b) The portrait.
(c) Paris.
(d) A hidden room in his home.

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

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

4. What is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Smile.
(c) Speak.
(d) Eat.

5. What does Dorian actually see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) No change in the painting.
(b) More questions.
(c) Lord Henry’s wife.
(d) The spirit of Sibyl.

6. How old is Dorian going to be on his birthday, according to the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Forty-eight.
(c) Fifty-three.
(d) Twenty-eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Whose face does Dorian see pressed against the window in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Sibyl’s.
(b) Basil’s.
(c) James’s.
(d) Lord Henry’s.

15. How does Lord Henry react to what Dorian says about the incident on the hunting trip?
(a) He does not react.
(b) He dismisses it.
(c) He agrees with him.
(d) He is frightened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What governs Dorian’s behavior, according to the beginning of Chapter Eleven?

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

3. What is the true identity of the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?

4. How much time passes during Chapter Eleven?

5. According to Chapter Thirteen, what did Dorian pledge his soul in exchange for?

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