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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 gives it to Lord Henry.
(b) He stabs it.
(c) He moves it to a monastery.
(d) He burns it.

2. Who does Dorian send for after breakfast in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Basil.
(b) James.
(c) Alan.
(d) Lord Henry.

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

4. How does Basil describe the portrait after seeing how it has changed?
(a) An awful lesson.
(b) His greatest failure.
(c) A portrait of Hell.
(d) An abomination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dorian have breakfast with at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

2. What scares Dorian about his portrait, according to Chapter Eleven?

3. What does Dorian insist about the soul in his discussion with Lord Henry in Chapter Nineteen?

4. According to Lord Henry in Chapter Nineteen, what would spoil Dorian’s life?

5. What is the name of the man who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?

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

3. In Chapter Nineteen what evidence does Dorian give Lord Henry of his desire to reform himself?

4. What is the significance of Lord Henry changing the subject when Dorian mentions his desire to reform?

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

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

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

8. What is the turning point that occurs at the end of Chapter Eighteen? Why is this a turning point?

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

10. Why does Wilde not reveal the secret that Dorian uses to blackmail Alan?

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