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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 do when he sees the portrait?
(a) He refuses to look at it.
(b) He takes it.
(c) He curses it.
(d) He covers it.

2. What does Lord Henry want Basil to do?
(a) Do a self-portrait.
(b) Paint his portrait.
(c) Exhibit his latest portrait.
(d) Paint Dorian’s portrait.

3. What does Basil do while Lord Henry and Dorian talk in Chapter Two?
(a) Finish the portrait.
(b) Dress for dinner.
(c) Make tea.
(d) Play the piano.

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

5. Where does Dorian agree to go with Lord Henry at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To a gala.
(c) The opera.
(d) The theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plans does Dorian abandon at the end of Chapter Three?

2. Whose home is the setting of the beginning of Chapter One?

3. Who is Dorian speaking with at the beginning of Chapter Four?

4. What philosophy does Lord Henry discuss at dinner in Chapter Three?

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

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