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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dorian appear at the end of the story?
(a) As a horribly wrinkled and disfigured old man.
(b) He cannot be found.
(c) As a pile of burned bones.
(d) The same has he did throughout the story.

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

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

5. Who does Lord Basil tease Dorian about in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) James.
(b) The duchess.
(c) Basil.
(d) Sibyl.

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

7. Who hears a noise at the end of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Dorian’s servants.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Mrs. Vane.
(d) Dorian.

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

9. Who does Dorian visit at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Mrs. Vane.
(b) The duchess.
(c) Lord Henry.
(d) Basil.

10. Why does Lord Henry think Basil could not have been murdered, according to Chapter Nineteen?
(a) A suicide note was found.
(b) Basil was a prizefighter.
(c) He lacked enemies.
(d) His body has not been found.

11. Why does Dorian want opium, according to Chapter Sixteen?
(a) To forget.
(b) Habit.
(c) For its social standing.
(d) To remember.

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

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

14. What is the smell in the upper room of Dorian’s house at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Dust.
(d) Nitric acid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lord Henry think Dorian could not have murdered Basil?

2. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

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

4. What does Dorian do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

5. Who does Lord Henry mock in a discussion about the soul in Chapter Nineteen?

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