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

2. What is the true identity of the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Mrs. Vane.
(b) Basil.
(c) Lord Fermor.
(d) James.

3. How does Dorian appear as time passes during Chapter Eleven?
(a) The same.
(b) Angrier.
(c) Older.
(d) Younger.

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

5. How old is Dorian going to be on his birthday, according to the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Forty-eight.
(d) Fifty-three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dorian send for after breakfast in Chapter Fourteen?

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

3. What happens when Dorian excuses himself from the conversation in Chapter Seventeen?

4. Where does Dorian go at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen?

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

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. Compare and contrast Basil and Lord Henry’s views of Dorian.

3. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?

4. Why does Dorian tell Lord Henry in Chapter Eighteen that he wishes he could love?

5. What fears does Dorian have in regards to his painting, according to Chapter Eleven? What does this fear reflect?

6. What is Dorian’s obsession in Chapter Eighteen?

7. Why does Basil call Dorian’s painting “an awful lesson?”

8. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?

9. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?

10. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?

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