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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 is the focus of Dorian’s study, according to Chapter Eleven?

2. What does Dorian say he wants to do at the beginning of Chapter Nineteen?

3. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

4. What does Basil want Dorian to do, according to Chapter Thirteen?

5. What is the occupation of the man Dorian sends for in Chapter Fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do people dismiss the stories of Dorian’s behavior in Chapter Eleven?

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

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

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

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. Why does Wilde not reveal the secret that Dorian uses to blackmail Alan?

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

10. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define motif. How is a motif used in literature? Give at least one example of a motif in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Is this motif effective in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Dorian and Sibyl. How does it begin? How does it end? What role does their relationship play in The Picture of Dorian Gray?

Essay Topic 3

Define point of view. Identify the types of point of view. What is the point of view of The Picture of Dorian Gray? How do you know?

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