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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 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.

2. What philosophy does Lord Henry discuss at dinner in Chapter Three?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Freud’s psychology.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Hedonism.

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

4. Who arrives at the end of Chapter One?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Lady Agatha.
(c) Sibyl Vane.
(d) Lord Fermor.

5. What does Lord Henry mock at dinner in Chapter Three?
(a) The London theater.
(b) Dorian’s naivety.
(c) His aunt’s philanthropy.
(d) Basil’s fascination with Dorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is James reluctant to leave his family?

2. What was Basil’s emotion upon first meeting Dorian?

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

4. What does Dorian think of the book, according to the end of Chapter Ten?

5. What is Dorian’s news at the beginning of Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lord Henry defend his point of view at the end of Chapter Six?

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

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

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

5. Why does Lord Henry not pass judgment on Dorian’s engagement?

6. How does Lord Henry want Dorian to see Sibyl’s death?

7. Why does Dorian see a faint sneer on his portrait at the end of Chapter Seven?

8. Why was Dorian in the slums in Chapter Four?

9. Why does Dorian hide the painting from Basil?

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

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