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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 knowledge does Dorian’s friend have that Dorian needs, according to Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Law.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Music.

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

3. Who does Lord Henry mock in a discussion about the soul in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Basil.
(c) A street preacher.
(d) Lord Fermor.

4. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) A change in the painting.
(b) The love Mrs. Vane had for Sibyl.
(c) A true friendship between himself and Lord Henry.
(d) The answers to his questions.

5. How does Dorian react to Basil’s request?
(a) He walks away.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He cries.
(d) He verbally attacks Basil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?

2. How old is Dorian going to be on his birthday, according to the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

3. Who does Dorian run into at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

4. How long is Basil going to be gone, according to Chapter Twelve?

5. How does a woman address Dorian as he prepares to leave an opium den in Chapter Sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lord Henry’s credo mean?

2. What does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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