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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long is Basil going to be gone, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Three months.
(d) An unspecified amount of time.

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

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

6. Where does Dorian plan to hold a party, according to Chapter Fifteen?
(a) His country estate.
(b) His summer home.
(c) Paris.
(d) Basil’s estate.

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

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

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

10. What governs Dorian’s behavior, according to the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) His guilt.
(b) The “yellow book.”
(c) Lord Henry.
(d) His love of Sibyl.

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

12. What is the focus of Dorian’s study, according to Chapter Eleven?
(a) Art and music.
(b) The yellow book.
(c) Beautiful things.
(d) Lord Henry.

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

14. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Opium den owner.
(c) Judge.
(d) Servant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian tell Lord Henry about what happens on the hunting trip?

2. Who does Dorian use to create an alibi at the end of Chapter Thirteen?

3. Who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?

4. What happens on the hunting trip in Chapter Eighteen?

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

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