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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. How does Dorian get Alan to do what he wants in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Empty promises.

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

3. Who does Dorian run into at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Basil.
(b) James.
(c) Victor.
(d) Lord Henry.

4. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Sailor.
(b) Servant.
(c) Opium den owner.
(d) Judge.

5. What happens to Dorian’s portrait during Chapter Eleven?
(a) It deteriorates.
(b) It does not change.
(c) Dorian refuses to look at it, so this is not known.
(d) It begins to look more beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dorian realize about his attempt to be virtuous?

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

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

4. What does Basil want Dorian to do, according to Chapter Thirteen?

5. What knowledge does Dorian’s friend have that Dorian needs, according to Chapter Fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Basil stop Dorian on the street at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

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

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

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

5. Why does Dorian decide to go to the opium den in Chapter Sixteen?

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

7. Why does Dorian burn Basil’s belongings in Chapter Fifteen?

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

9. What does Dorian mean when he says he will show Basil his soul in Chapter Twelve?

10. What does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?

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