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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 happens on the hunting trip in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Dorian sees a wolf.
(b) Dorian is accidentally shot.
(c) A man is accidentally shot and killed.
(d) There is a terrible storm.

2. What does Dorian hope to see at the beginning of Chapter Twenty?
(a) A change in the painting.
(b) The answers to his questions.
(c) A true friendship between himself and Lord Henry.
(d) The love Mrs. Vane had for Sibyl.

3. How have many of Dorian’s friendships ended, according to Chapter Twelve?
(a) Disastrously.
(b) Amicably.
(c) Mysteriously.
(d) Quietly.

4. What youth does Dorian find in Chapter Sixteen, whom he is said to have corrupted?
(a) Alan Campbell.
(b) John Worthing.
(c) Adrian Singleton.
(d) James Vane.

5. According to Chapter Thirteen, what did Dorian pledge his soul in exchange for?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Love.
(c) Youth.
(d) Intellect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impossible for Dorian to do in Chapter Fifteen?

2. How does Dorian appear as time passes during Chapter Eleven?

3. What is the true identity of the man who was accidentally shot in Chapter Eighteen?

4. Who hears a noise at the end of Chapter Twenty?

5. Where does Dorian decide to go at the beginning of Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dorian burn Basil’s belongings in Chapter Fifteen?

2. Explain the reference to a double life made at the beginning of Chapter Fifteen.

3. Why does Wilde not reveal the secret that Dorian uses to blackmail Alan?

4. Why does Basil have to identify the painting of Dorian by his signature rather than by its appearance in Chapter Thirteen?

5. What is the turning point that occurs at the end of Chapter Eighteen? Why is this a turning point?

6. Explain the hypocrisy in Dorian’s attempt to reform himself.

7. What role does Alan Campbell play in Chapter Fourteen?

8. What reinvigorates Dorian when he ventures out of his home after the incident in Chapter Seventeen?

9. Why do people dismiss the stories of Dorian’s behavior in Chapter Eleven?

10. Why does Dorian swoon and feel chills throughout dinner in Chapter Seventeen?

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