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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Dorian decide to go at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?
2. What does Dorian do to Basil in Chapter Thirteen?
3. According to Chapter Fourteen, how does Dorian feel when he thinks about the events that occurred in Chapter Thirteen?
4. Who does Dorian visit at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
5. What youth does Dorian find in Chapter Sixteen, whom he is said to have corrupted?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dorian see red paint on the hand of his likeness in the portrait at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
2. Why does Dorian get angry with Basil in Chapter Thirteen?
3. What does Dorian mean when he says he will show Basil his soul in Chapter Twelve?
4. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?
5. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
6. Why does Basil call Dorian’s painting “an awful lesson?”
7. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?
8. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?
9. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?
10. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the effect Dorian’s sins have on his psyche. How does he feel about his sins? How does he deal with his feelings? Why do Dorian’s sins affect him if the portrait is meant to take on the burden of his sins?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the character of Dorian Gray with the author Oscar Wilde. How are they similar? How are they different? Does this make Dorian a more effective character? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Define foil. Identify a pair of foils from The Picture of Dorian Gray and explain how they are foils to each other.
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