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- 1. Multiple Choice
What did Basil create that represented Dorian Gray?
A sculpture
A painting
A collage
- 2. Multiple Choice
Choose the word that best describes Dorian Gray
Humble
Conceited
Forgiving
- 3. Multiple Choice
What explanation did Dorian give when talking about the painting of himself?
He loved it! He looked handsome.
When he becomes old, the painting will always remain of the same of him being young and handsome.
He wanted to sell his painting to a bank so it would be displayed for everyone to see
- 4. Multiple Choice
Once learning that Sibyl has passed away, what conclusion does Dorian come to?
He is a terrible person
He cannot be punished, the painting will be punished
He paid for Sibyl's funeral
- 5. Multiple Choice
Using context clues, how did Dorian die?
The police killed him
He stabbed himself to death
He stabbed the painting which caused him to die
After killed Basil, he died for unknown reasons
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Dorian's nickname?a) Heart's Desirea) The Counta) Prince Charming
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why does Jim not kill Dorian
Wrong "Prince Charming"
The old woman told him not to
He is looking for someone much older
He is swooned by Dorian's beauty
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why is the portrait strange?
because it changes colours
because it changes to make Dorian look younger
because it changes to make Dorian look older and evil
because it changes to make Dorian look like Harry
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did Dorian stab his own picture?
Because he hated the evil in himself
Because he hated Basil, the artist
Because it reminded him of Basil
Because Harry persuaded him to do it
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did Dorian decide not to marry Sibyl?
because she acted badly in the play
because Basil did not like her
because she was an actress and he was an aristocrat
because he found out she had no money
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did Henry tell Dorian when he comes to his house the morning after watching Sybil in the play?
that he would move away
that Sybil didn't want to marry him anymore
that Sybil had killed herself the night before
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did Dorian do to the portrait after Basil tried to look at it?
He cut the portrait into pieces with his knife
He tried to burn the picture at his garden
He covered the picture, carried upstairs and locked it in a small room
- 13. Multiple Choice
Oscar Wilde was born in
London
Dublin
York
Paris
- 14. Multiple Choice
Wilde traveled and gave lectures on
cooking
drama
literature
home decorating and aesthetics
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Aesthetic Movement preached
that art must be didactic
that art can be corrupting
that art does not have to serve a higher purpose
that life should always imitate art
- 16. Multiple Choice
Wilde gained fame largely as a
interior decorator
playwright
clothing designer
poet
- 17. Multiple Choice
Wilde's ___________________________ was a critical failure.
poetry
plays
magazine articles
novels
- 18. Multiple Choice
Wilde went to prison for
opium
plagiarism
child molestation
homosexuality
- 19. Multiple Choice
Wilde's most famous play was
The Rover
Twellth Night
The Woman in Black
The Importance of Being Ernest
- 20. Multiple Choice
Dandyism is
a mode of fashion of the Victorian Era that was very flashy.
a genre of literature
a belief system that included hedonism
a style of early 20th century dance
- 21. Multiple Choice
Wilde was never actually involved with Sir Alfred Douglas.
True
False
- 22. Multiple Choice
Sir Alfred Douglas' father was responsible for Wilde's imprisonment.
True
False
- 23. Multiple Choice
Lord Alfred Douglas stuck by Wilde's side through it all.
True
False
- 24. Multiple Choice
Wilde's wife divorced him amid the scandal
True
False
- 25. Multiple Choice
Wilde died from the ill health suffered while in prison.
True
False
- 26. Multiple Choice
The Victorian Age is viewed as a very morally conservative time in general, but there was a counter culture of hedonistic behavior.
True
False
- 27. Multiple Choice
A Faustian agreement is
an agreement to live your life in service of Satan.
the idea of selling one's soul to the devil for earthly gain.
an agreement to follow the path of righteousness.
an agreement to live in pure hedonism.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Lord Henry loves women, especially his wife.
True
False
- 29. Multiple Choice
An apparently contradictory statement
personification
simile
paradox
antithesis
- 30. Multiple Choice
How does the painting have magical properties?
Basil has it blessed by a shaman.
Basil sprinkles it with pixie dust.
Dorian was cursed since birth.
Basil puts his soul into the portrait.
- 31. Multiple Choice
Dorian is associated through symbolism with
rabbits
the sun
fruit
flowers
- 32. Multiple Choice
Dorian's parents
abandoned him.
died tragically when he was young.
were poor beggars.
were foreigners.
- 33. Multiple Choice
Dorian grew up
lonely and unloved.
spoiled and pampered.
poor and destitute
in an orphanage.
- 34. Multiple Choice
Why did Sybil and her mother have to act?
they were indentured servants.
they were playing James' way through school
they owed taxes
they owed debt to the Jewish theater owner.
- 35. Multiple Choice
Why did Sybil fail at acting on that fateful night?
she was not very talented
she could no longer feign love because she felt the real thing
she wanted to embarrass Dorian
she wanted revenge on the Jewish man
- 36. Multiple Choice
How does Dorian react to Sybil's failure?
He loves her anyway.
He walks out and never returns.
He rejects her and is very cruel.
He laughs at her and thinks it is hilarious.
- 37. Multiple Choice
How does Sybil kill herself?
with a dagger
she jumps in front of a horse
she throws herself in the Thames
she poisons herself
- 38. Multiple Choice
How old is Dorian at the beginning vs the end of the novel?
20/40
21/50
20/38
18/35
- 39. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of the yellow book Lord Henry sends Dorian?
It influences Dorian to be a homosexual.
It influences Dorian to live a life of pleasure and immorality.
It influences Dorian's outlook on art.
It influences Dorian to commit murder.
- 40. Multiple Choice
How does Dorian kill Basil?
He stabs the painting and Basil dies.
He pays an opium addict to murder Basil.
He kills him accidentally.
He stabs him in the back of the head.
- 41. Multiple Choice
Why does Dorian kill Basil?
He blames Basil because he painted the portrait.
He thinks Basil will reveal his secret about the painting.
He is angry that Basil told him about his bad reputation.
Basil insists on taking back the picture.
- 42. Multiple Choice
How does Dorian create an alibi?
He has Lord Henry cover for him.
He has the people at the opium den vouch for him.
He leaves town.
He locks himself out and makes it seem like he just got home.
- 43. Multiple Choice
How does Dorian avoid being shot by James Vane?
He runs for his life.
He fights Vane.
He uses his youthful looks to deny his identity.
He blames it on Basil and gives Vane his address.
- 44. Multiple Choice
What does Dorian do with Basil's body?
He dumps it in the Thames.
He has it dissolved with chemicals.
He cuts it up and throws it in the trash.
He just leaves it in the school room with the portrait.
- 45. Multiple Choice
Who is Alan Campbell?
A chemist who Dorian blackmails.
A man Dorian led to the opium dens/
Sybil's brother.
Lord Henry's nephew
- 46. Multiple Choice
What happens to James Vane?
Dorian stabs him in the head.
Dorian shots him.
He is shot accidentally.
He disappears.
- 47. Multiple Choice
How does Dorian die?
Vane kills him.
He drowns.
He destroys the painting and thus himself.
He jumps off a building.
- 48. Multiple Choice
At the end, Dorian
ages and becomes ugly as a corpse.
lives forever.
continues his hedonistic life with Lord Henry.
locks himself away from society.
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