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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 is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Speak.
(c) Eat.
(d) Smile.

2. Who is the hostess at the party in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Lord Fermor.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Lady Agatha.
(d) Lady Narborough.

3. Why does the man follow Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) To see his portrait.
(b) To avenge the death of Sibyl.
(c) To get his poker winnings.
(d) To beg forgiveness.

4. What governs Dorian’s behavior, according to the beginning of Chapter Eleven?
(a) Lord Henry.
(b) His guilt.
(c) His love of Sibyl.
(d) The “yellow book.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell in the upper room of Dorian’s house at the end of Chapter Fourteen?

2. Why does Basil say he wanted to speak to Dorian before leaving?

3. Where is Dorian at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?

4. Where does Dorian decide to go at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

5. What do the colored bindings on Dorian’s book match, according to Chapter Eleven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?

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

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

8. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

9. Why is Dorian so conflicted in Chapter Fifteen?

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

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