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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorian tell Lord Henry about what happens on the hunting trip?
(a) It is a good omen.
(b) It is a symbol of Sibyl’s love.
(c) It could not have been an accident.
(d) It is a bad omen.

2. What does Dorian not want Lord Henry to loan to anyone, according to Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Money.
(b) The yellow book.
(c) Dorian’s favor.
(d) Lord Henry’s favor.

3. What of Dorian’s does Basil say he wants to see, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) His bedchamber.
(b) His diary.
(c) His portrait.
(d) His soul.

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

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

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

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

8. How much time passes between Chapter Sixteen and Chapter Seventeen?
(a) An indeterminate amount of time.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten years.
(d) A month.

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

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

11. How does Basil describe the portrait after seeing how it has changed?
(a) A portrait of Hell.
(b) An awful lesson.
(c) His greatest failure.
(d) An abomination.

12. 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 is real.
(c) That it carries weight in the heart.
(d) That it can be seen.

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

14. What is the weather at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Sweltering.
(d) Foggy.

15. Why does Lord Henry think Dorian could not have murdered Basil?
(a) He thinks Dorian lacks the detachment needed to murder.
(b) He does not think Basil is dead.
(c) He thinks murder is too vulgar for a man like Dorian.
(d) He thinks Dorian loved Basil too much to kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a woman address Dorian as he prepares to leave an opium den in Chapter Sixteen?

2. What does Dorian tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?

3. What does Dorian actually see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

4. What do the ladies discuss in Chapter Fifteen before they leave the gentlemen to talk?

5. What does Basil want Dorian to do, according to Chapter Thirteen?

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