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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorian stop Basil from doing at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) Selling the portrait.
(b) Destroying the portrait.
(c) Painting over the portrait.
(d) Giving the portrait to Lord Henry.

2. In what historical period does The Picture of Dorian Gray take place?
(a) The Industrial Age.
(b) The Elizabethan Era.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Victorian Age.

3. What plans does Dorian abandon at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) Visiting Basil.
(b) Going to the theater.
(c) Visiting his mother.
(d) Singing for Lady Agatha.

4. What is the topic of Dorian’s conversation at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) Art.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Literature.
(d) Music.

5. Who is Basil conversing with at the beginning of the story?
(a) No one.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Dorian.
(d) His servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lord Henry visit after learning more about Dorian?

2. Where did Dorian meet Sibyl?

3. What is praised in the Preface?

4. Why does Basil refuse to do what Lord Henry wants him to do?

5. What is Dorian’s news at the beginning of Chapter Four?

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