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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Sibyl play that led to Dorian’s proposal?
(a) Kate.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Ophelia.
(d) Rosalind.

2. What shop does Dorian send a servant to at the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Frame-maker.
(c) Piano mover.
(d) Bakery.

3. Who does Lord Henry visit after learning more about Dorian?
(a) Lord Fermor.
(b) Basil.
(c) Lady Agatha.
(d) Dorian.

4. Why does Basil refuse to do what Lord Henry wants him to do?
(a) He does not do portraits of friends.
(b) He thinks Dorian is too immoral to be captured on canvas.
(c) He fears a self-portrait would show his true, ugly self.
(d) He says the painting shows too much of himself.

5. How is Sibyl’s performance in Chapter Seven?
(a) Excellent.
(b) She does not perform.
(c) Average.
(d) Terrible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what play did Dorian see Sibyl that led to his proposal?

2. When does Dorian wake up in Chapter Eight?

3. Who is Dorian speaking with at the beginning of Chapter Four?

4. What is Basil’s occupation?

5. Where did Dorian meet Sibyl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dorian hide the painting from Basil?

2. What does Lord Henry think of the story of Dorian’s past?

3. What is the Preface about?

4. What does Basil think of the change in Dorian, according to Chapter Nine?

5. Why does the portrait of Dorian make him unhappy?

6. How does Dorian end up with the portrait at the end of Chapter Two?

7. Why is Dorian heartbroken at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

8. Why is Dorian intrigued by Lord Henry in Chapter Two?

9. How does Lord Henry defend his point of view at the end of Chapter Six?

10. How does Dorian deal with his emotion about Sibyl’s death at the end of Chapter Ten?

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