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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is praised in the Preface?
(a) Education.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Literature.
(d) Virtue.

2. What does Dorian ask his housekeeper for in Chapter Ten?
(a) A cellar key.
(b) Pen and paper.
(c) A cup of tea.
(d) A schoolroom key.

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

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

5. What color is the book Dorian reads in Chapter Ten?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who visits Dorian at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

3. What is Dorian’s servant’s name, according to Chapter Ten?

4. What does Dorian ask Basil to do in Chapter Nine?

5. What material is the cover that hides Dorian’s portrait in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the reactions of Sibyl, Mrs. Vane, and James to Sibyl’s engagement.

2. Why is Basil reluctant to introduce Dorian and Lord Henry?

3. What does Lord Henry think of the story of Dorian’s past?

4. Why does Basil not want to exhibit the portrait of Dorian, according to Chapter One?

5. What pledges do James and Sibyl each make at the end of Chapter Five?

6. Why does Basil say he originally did not want Dorian to see the painting?

7. Why is Dorian intrigued by Lord Henry in Chapter Two?

8. Why does Dorian hide the painting in Chapter Ten?

9. Why is Dorian’s past considered dark?

10. What does Lord Henry muse over at the end of Chapter Four?

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