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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 Lord Henry react to what Dorian says about the incident on the hunting trip?
(a) He is frightened.
(b) He does not react.
(c) He agrees with him.
(d) He dismisses it.

2. Why does Lord Henry think Dorian could not have murdered Basil?
(a) He does not think Basil is dead.
(b) He thinks Dorian lacks the detachment needed to murder.
(c) He thinks Dorian loved Basil too much to kill him.
(d) He thinks murder is too vulgar for a man like Dorian.

3. Who hears a noise at the end of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Mrs. Vane.
(b) Dorian’s servants.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Lord Henry.

4. What does Dorian recite at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) Incoherent phrases.
(b) The Lord’s Prayer.
(c) The inscription from his yellow book.
(d) Lord Henry’s credo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dorian throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?

2. Why does Dorian decide not to dwell on his feelings in Chapter Fourteen?

3. How does Basil advise Dorian about his influence over other youths?

4. What occupation does Dorian discover the man who was accidentally shot had?

5. What does Dorian do to the portrait in Chapter Twenty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Dorian so conflicted in Chapter Fifteen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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