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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Chapter Thirteen, Basil recognizes the portrait based on his signature and _____.
(a) Color palette.
(b) Frame.
(c) Setting.
(d) Brushwork.

4. What happens on the hunting trip in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A man is accidentally shot and killed.
(b) Dorian is accidentally shot.
(c) Dorian sees a wolf.
(d) There is a terrible storm.

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

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

7. What scares Dorian about his portrait, according to Chapter Eleven?
(a) It will begin to give him back his worldly burdens.
(b) It will be stolen.
(c) It will begin to speak.
(d) It will drive him mad.

8. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) The answers to his questions.
(b) A change in the painting.
(c) A true friendship between himself and Lord Henry.
(d) The love Mrs. Vane had for Sibyl.

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

10. Why does the man follow Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) To get his poker winnings.
(b) To see his portrait.
(c) To beg forgiveness.
(d) To avenge the death of Sibyl.

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

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

13. Where is the body of the man who was accidentally shot being kept?
(a) A farm.
(b) A church.
(c) The local doctor’s office.
(d) The basement.

14. How have many of Dorian’s friendships ended, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Disastrously.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Mysteriously.
(d) Amicably.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian feel when he looks at his portrait in Chapter Thirteen?

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

3. What is the weather at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

4. When does Chapter Fourteen begin in relation to Chapter Thirteen?

5. Who does Dorian visit at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?

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