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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 praise Dorian’s life in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) As being “pure.”
(b) As being a true representation of the artistic life.
(c) As being “wholly hedonistic.”
(d) As being “exquisite.”

2. Where is Basil going to go, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) London.
(b) The Americas.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

3. What does Dorian grab in Chapter Twenty?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) Basil’s pocketwatch.
(d) The portrait.

4. What occupation does Dorian discover the man who was accidentally shot had?
(a) Servant.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Opium den dealer.
(d) Judge.

5. What does Dorian do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) He visits Lord Henry.
(b) He looks at the painting.
(c) He sells his worldly possessions.
(d) He asks Mrs. Vane’s forgiveness for Sibyl’s death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dorian appear at the end of the story?

2. How long after the incident in Chapter Seventeen does Dorian go hunting?

3. What does Dorian feel when he looks at his portrait in Chapter Thirteen?

4. What does Dorian recite at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Dorian get angry with Basil in Chapter Thirteen?

8. What does Lord Henry’s credo mean?

9. Explain the reference to a double life made at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen.

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

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