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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Dorian’s composure to crack in Chapter Nine?
(a) Lord Henry snubbing him.
(b) A dream about Sibyl.
(c) Basil attempting to uncover the portrait.
(d) A conversation with Mrs. Vane.

2. What does Sibyl see while she talks to James?
(a) Dorian.
(b) A wedding party.
(c) A funeral.
(d) Lord Henry.

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

4. What is Dorian’s news at the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) He has joined the church.
(b) He has given up his worldly possessions.
(c) He is the heir to a fortune.
(d) He is in love.

5. What does Basil warn Dorian about in Chapter Two?
(a) The portrait is not an exact likeness.
(b) Lady Agatha’s charity work.
(c) The opium dens.
(d) Lord Henry.

6. Where does Dorian go at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Bed.
(b) The opera.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Sibyl’s home.

7. What does Basil want to do with the portrait of Dorian?
(a) Show it at exhibition.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Hang it in his own home.
(d) Sell it to a collector.

8. What does Dorian see on his portrait in Chapter Seven?
(a) Sibyl.
(b) Blood.
(c) A sneer.
(d) A black smudge.

9. What news does Dorian receive at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) Lord Henry has been injured in a fight.
(b) James has died in Australia.
(c) Sibyl has eloped with an actor.
(d) Sibyl has committed suicide.

10. What is Lord Henry’s interest in Dorian, according to Chapter Six?
(a) Observation.
(b) Instruction.
(c) None; he has become bored with Dorian.
(d) Romance.

11. At the end of Chapter Seven, what does Dorian decide he will do the next day?
(a) Move in with Lord Henry.
(b) Break off his engagement with Sibyl.
(c) Make amends with Sibyl.
(d) Move to the country.

12. How many men does Dorian tell his servant to bring back at the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) As many as can be spared.

13. Whose home is the setting of the beginning of Chapter One?
(a) Dorian’s.
(b) Basil’s.
(c) Lord Henry’s.
(d) Oscar's.

14. Who gave Dorian the book he reads in Chapter Ten?
(a) Lady Agatha.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) Basil.
(d) The local parish priest.

15. What decision does Sibyl make in Chapter Seven?
(a) To break off the engagement.
(b) To elope with Dorian.
(c) To follow James to Australia.
(d) To quit her acting career.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Dorian to Sibyl?

2. What emotion does Dorian have at the end of Chapter Seven?

3. What is Sibyl’s occupation?

4. Who makes an announcement at the beginning of Chapter Six?

5. Where is James preparing to go in Chapter Five?

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