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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. Why does Basil say he wanted to speak to Dorian before leaving?
(a) To ask him to accompany Basil on his trip.
(b) To warn him.
(c) To tell him Sibyl has committed suicide.
(d) To ask him to dinner.

2. What does Dorian offer to show Basil, according to the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) A hidden room in his home.
(b) The diary of his life.
(c) Paris.
(d) The portrait.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian say he wants to do at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?

2. What of Dorian’s does Basil say he wants to see, according to Chapter Twelve?

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

4. How does Dorian appear at the end of the story?

5. What is the smell in the upper room of Dorian’s house at the end of Chapter Fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dorian see red paint on the hand of his likeness in the portrait at the end of Chapter Fourteen?

2. Explain how and why Dorian dies at the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

3. What does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?

4. Why do people dismiss the stories of Dorian’s behavior in Chapter Eleven?

5. Why does Dorian get angry with Basil in Chapter Thirteen?

6. Explain the hypocrisy in Dorian’s attempt to reform himself.

7. Why does Basil have to identify the painting of Dorian by his signature rather than by its appearance in Chapter Thirteen?

8. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?

9. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

10. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?

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