WorksheetsTHE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY - CHAPTERS 1 - 6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Basil refuses to show the portrait of Dorian Gray in public because he:
doesn´t like it
has put too much of himself into it
is in love with Dorian Gray
is afraid of the portrait
According to Basil, Dorian has a simple and a beautiful nature that could easily be spoiled by:
Sibyl Vane
Aunt Agatha
Lord Henry´s kindness
Lord Henry´s cynicism
Lord Henry praises Dorian´s youth and beauty and warns him that those qualities will _______________. He urges to live life to its fullest and spend time searching for new ________________.
vanished / sensations
fade / common pastimes
fade / sensations
remain / sensations
Dorian reflects that his portrait will remain young even as he himself grows old and wrinkled. He curses his fate and pledges his soul by saying:
if it were not only the other way
if it were only the other way
if the portrait remained the same
if the portrait were destroyed
Dorian comes from an unhapy family wih a dark and tangled history. His mother eloped with a poor soldier, who was killed by the woman´s father and soon she died too. Dorian was raised by:
a loving tyrant
caring aunt
Lady Agatha
loveless tyrant
Lord Henry becomes fascinated with Dorian and delights in the thought that he might ______________ the young man, making "that wonderful spirit his own."
teach
help
influence
inspired
Lord Henry talks about the virtues of _______________ and selfishness. He believes in the pursuit of pleasure.
aestheticism
decadence
religion
hedonism
Lord Henry says - "I can sympathize with everything except ___________________. One should appreciate beauty rather than search for ways to alleviate pain.
suffering
pleasure
selfishness
joyfulness
Dorian tells Lord Henry that he has fallen in love with Sibyl Vane, an actress who plays ______________ heroines in a cheap London theater.
Chaucer´s
American
Shakespeare's
evil
Sibyl refers to Dorian Gray as.
Prince Prospero
Prince Charming
Prince Loving
Prince Handsome
Dorian Gray gets engaged with Sibyl Vane. However, her brother, James, pledges to ____________ Dorian should Sibyl ever come to harm by him.
punch
murdered
insult
kill
Dorian relates the story of his engagement which was precipitated by seeing Sibyl play the Shakespearean heroine Rosalind in "As You Like It". His love for her and his desire to live only for her have shown him the _______________ of Lord henry´s seductive theories about the virtues of selfishness.
falsehood
truthfulness
frankness
veracity
Lord Henry´s wife is:
Agatha
Sibyl
Agnes
Victoria
What is praised in the Preface?
virtue
education
beauty
literature
According to Lord Henry, unselfish people lose their :
self-esteem
sexual life
individuality
fears
