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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dorian actually see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) Lord Henry’s wife.
(b) More questions.
(c) No change in the painting.
(d) The spirit of Sibyl.

3. How old is Dorian going to be on his birthday, according to the beginning of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Forty-eight.
(b) Twenty-eight.
(c) Thirty-eight.
(d) Fifty-three.

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

5. What does Dorian recite at the beginning of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) The inscription from his yellow book.
(b) Incoherent phrases.
(c) The Lord’s Prayer.
(d) Lord Henry’s credo.

6. How much time passes between Chapter Sixteen and Chapter Seventeen?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) An indeterminate amount of time.
(d) Ten years.

7. Whose face does Dorian see pressed against the window in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Basil’s.
(b) Sibyl’s.
(c) Lord Henry’s.
(d) James’s.

8. When does Dorian dress at the end of Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Sometime around noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Seven in the evening.
(d) Nine in the morning.

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

10. What is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Speak.
(b) Eat.
(c) Smile.
(d) Sleep.

11. How does Basil advise Dorian about his influence over other youths?
(a) Let go of it.
(b) Use it for good.
(c) Refrain from using it.
(d) It is dangerous.

12. How much time passes during Chapter Eleven?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Years.

13. What does Dorian grab in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Basil’s pocketwatch.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) The portrait.

14. How does Dorian appear as time passes during Chapter Eleven?
(a) The same.
(b) Younger.
(c) Older.
(d) Angrier.

15. Who does Dorian send for after breakfast in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Lord Henry.
(b) Alan.
(c) Basil.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the ladies discuss in Chapter Fifteen before they leave the gentlemen to talk?

2. Who is the hostess at the party in Chapter Fifteen?

3. How have many of Dorian’s friendships ended, according to Chapter Twelve?

4. Why does Lord Henry think Basil could not have been murdered, according to Chapter Nineteen?

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

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