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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 tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?
2. What does Dorian insist about the soul in his discussion with Lord Henry in Chapter Nineteen?
3. Who does Dorian have breakfast with at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?
4. Why does the man follow Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?
5. Where does Dorian take Basil at the beginning of Chapter Thirteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?
2. What moral can be taken from Dorian’s experiences in The Picture of Dorian Gray?
3. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?
4. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
5. What is the significance of Lord Henry changing the subject when Dorian mentions his desire to reform?
6. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?
7. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?
8. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?
9. Why does Basil call Dorian’s painting “an awful lesson?”
10. What does the hare in Chapter Eighteen symbolize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define foil. Identify a pair of foils from The Picture of Dorian Gray and explain how they are foils to each other.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of the arts in The Picture of Dorian Gray. How do the arts affect the various characters in the story? How do the arts help progress the plot forward? Why does Wilde choose to include the arts in this way?
Essay Topic 3
Define theme. Give at least one example of a theme in The Picture of Dorian Gray. How is this theme identified in the story?
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