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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. Who follows Dorian into the street in Chapter Sixteen?

2. What does Dorian do with Basil’s belongings at the end of Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Dorian tell his friend in Chapter Fourteen?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Lord Henry changing the subject when Dorian mentions his desire to reform?

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

3. Compare and contrast Basil and Lord Henry’s views of Dorian.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of the conversation between Lord Henry and Dorian about the nature of the soul in Chapter Nineteen?

10. Why does Dorian see red paint on the hand of his likeness in the portrait at the end of Chapter Fourteen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define escapism. What role does escapism play in The Picture of Dorian Gray? What does Dorian seek to escape throughout the story? Is he successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Define conflict. Identify each type of conflict and give an example of each from The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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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