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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 is Dorian at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?
2. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?
3. According to Chapter Fourteen, how does Dorian feel when he thinks about the events that occurred in Chapter Thirteen?
4. How does the portrait appear at the end of Chapter Twenty?
5. What is the true identity of the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
2. Explain how and why Dorian dies at the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray.
3. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?
4. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?
5. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?
6. Explain the reference to a double life made at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen.
7. In Chapter Nineteen what evidence does Dorian give Lord Henry of his desire to reform himself?
8. Why does Dorian tell Lord Henry in Chapter Eighteen that he wishes he could love?
9. Why does Dorian see red paint on the hand of his likeness in the portrait at the end of Chapter Fourteen?
10. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Define perception. Why is perception important in literature? Give at least one example from the story of how different characters’ perceptions affect the story.
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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