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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence brightens the party for Dorian in Chapter Fifteen?

2. What knowledge does Dorian’s friend have that Dorian needs, according to Chapter Fourteen?

3. What does Basil want Dorian to do, according to Chapter Thirteen?

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

5. What does Dorian tell Lord Henry about what happens on the hunting trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Basil wonder about Dorian in Chapter Twelve? Why?

2. Why does Dorian have multiple copies of the yellow book made?

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

4. Why does Dorian decide to go to the opium den in Chapter Sixteen?

5. Why does Dorian tell Lord Henry in Chapter Eighteen that he wishes he could love?

6. Why does Basil call Dorian’s painting “an awful lesson?”

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

8. Why is Dorian so conflicted in Chapter Fifteen?

9. What logic does Dorian use to escape from James at the end of Chapter Sixteen?

10. Why does Dorian get angry with Basil in Chapter Thirteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define irony and list the three types. Identify at least one example of each type of irony from the story. Is Wilde’s use of irony effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Define point of view. Identify the types of point of view. What is the point of view of The Picture of Dorian Gray? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the Victorian Era. Identify characteristics of the Victorian Era that Wilde incorporated into The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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