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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. What does Dorian say he wants to do at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?
2. How does Dorian react to Basil’s request?
3. What idea does Dorian entertain in Chapter Eighteen?
4. Why does Dorian ask about the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?
5. Where does Dorian take Basil at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
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 does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?
3. Why does Basil stop Dorian on the street at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
4. Why does Dorian tell Lord Henry in Chapter Eighteen that he wishes he could love?
5. Why does Dorian see red paint on the hand of his likeness in the portrait at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
6. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
7. Why does Dorian burn Basil’s belongings in Chapter Fifteen?
8. What fears does Dorian have in regards to his painting, according to Chapter Eleven? What does this fear reflect?
9. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
10. Why does Wilde not reveal the secret that Dorian uses to blackmail Alan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define conflict. Identify each type of conflict and give an example of each from The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Essay Topic 2
Define irony and list the three types. Identify at least one example of each type of irony from the story. Is Wilde’s use of irony effective? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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