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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dorian get Alan to do what he wants in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Blackmail.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Empty promises.

2. What scares Dorian about his portrait, according to Chapter Eleven?
(a) It will begin to speak.
(b) It will begin to give him back his worldly burdens.
(c) It will be stolen.
(d) It will drive him mad.

3. What happens to Dorian throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) His philosophy is questioned.
(b) He is verbally attacked by Basil.
(c) He cannot taste his food.
(d) He feels chills.

4. What does Dorian not want Lord Henry to loan to anyone, according to Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Money.
(b) Dorian’s favor.
(c) The yellow book.
(d) Lord Henry’s favor.

5. Why does Dorian decide not to dwell on his feelings in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Because he wants to preserve his friendship with Lord Henry.
(b) To avoid making himself ill.
(c) Because he cannot do anything to change the past.
(d) To focus on his yellow book.

6. What idea does Dorian entertain in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Sailing away on a yacht.
(b) Moving to the Americas.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Following Basil to Paris.

7. Why does Dorian want opium, according to Chapter Sixteen?
(a) To remember.
(b) Habit.
(c) For its social standing.
(d) To forget.

8. Who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Lord Henry.
(c) A sailor.
(d) Basil.

9. How does Lord Henry praise Dorian’s life in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) As being “pure.”
(b) As being “exquisite.”
(c) As being a true representation of the artistic life.
(d) As being “wholly hedonistic.”

10. What does Dorian do at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) He sells his worldly possessions.
(b) He looks at the painting.
(c) He asks Mrs. Vane’s forgiveness for Sibyl’s death.
(d) He visits Lord Henry.

11. Who hears a noise at the end of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Lord Henry.
(b) Mrs. Vane.
(c) Dorian’s servants.
(d) Dorian.

12. Why does Lord Henry think Basil could not have been murdered, according to Chapter Nineteen?
(a) His body has not been found.
(b) A suicide note was found.
(c) Basil was a prizefighter.
(d) He lacked enemies.

13. What does Dorian feel when he looks at his portrait in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Guilt.

14. What does Dorian do with Basil’s belongings at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Send them to Basil in Paris.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Return them to Basil’s estate.
(d) Hide them in a compartment in the wall.

15. What is the occupation of the man Dorian sends for in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Actor.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dorian react to Basil’s request?

2. Why does the man follow Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?

3. What occupation did Dorian assume the man who was shot had in Chapter Eighteen?

4. Who does Lord Henry mock in a discussion about the soul in Chapter Nineteen?

5. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?

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