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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. Where is Basil going to go, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) The Americas.
2. What does Dorian actually see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Lord Henry’s wife.
(b) More questions.
(c) The spirit of Sibyl.
(d) No change in the painting.
3. What is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Smile.
(b) Speak.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sleep.
4. When does Chapter Fourteen begin in relation to Chapter Thirteen?
(a) An indeterminate amount of time.
(b) A week or so later.
(c) Several hours later.
(d) The next morning.
5. How does Lord Henry praise Dorian’s life in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) As being “pure.”
(b) As being a true representation of the artistic life.
(c) As being “exquisite.”
(d) As being “wholly hedonistic.”
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Chapter Fifteen, what relation of Lady Narborough has a sad life?
2. According to Chapter Thirteen, what did Dorian pledge his soul in exchange for?
3. What is the smell in the upper room of Dorian’s house at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
4. What does Dorian tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?
5. What is the occupation of the man Dorian sends for in Chapter Fourteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the turning point that occurs at the end of Chapter Eighteen? Why is this a turning point?
2. What fears does Dorian have in regards to his painting, according to Chapter Eleven? What does this fear reflect?
3. Why does Dorian decide to go to the opium den in Chapter Sixteen?
4. In Chapter Nineteen what evidence does Dorian give Lord Henry of his desire to reform himself?
5. Why does Wilde not reveal the secret that Dorian uses to blackmail Alan?
6. Why does Basil have to identify the painting of Dorian by his signature rather than by its appearance in Chapter Thirteen?
7. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?
8. Explain how and why Dorian dies at the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
9. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?
10. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?
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