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WorksheetsThe Picture of Dorian Gray Chapter 1-5
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
In what historical period does The Picture of Dorian Gray take place?
The Industrial Age.
The Renaissance.
The Victorian Age.
The Elizabethan Era
The preface of the novel consists of a series of epigrams on what subject?
Aging
Writing
Painting
Beauty
What does Lord Henry think Basil should do with the picture of Dorian that Basil has painted?
Sell it
Hide it
Exhibit it
Destroy it
Who urges Dorian to live life to its fullest and spend his time "always searching for new sensations"?
Basil
James
Lord Henry
Alan
What does Basil try to do to the painting to be sure that it doesn't ruin his friendship with Dorian?
Sell it
Hide it
Exhibit it
Destroy it
According to Dorian, Basil is
a great romantic
afraid of life
heavily influenced by Lord Henry
not a gifted painter
According to Lord Henry, unselfish people
do not make judgments
know themselves well
lose their individuality
make conscious tradeoffs
The lunch Lord Henry attended at Aunt Agatha's had several women in attendance. They were upset by the amount of English men marrying American women. Why?
They felt the American women were only trying to marry English men for their money.
They felt the American women were not pretty enough to marry English men
They felt the American women did not have enough education to marry English men.
They felt the American women were taking all the eligible English men away from single English women.
What advice, on how to stay young, does Lord Henry give one of the ladies at the lunch?
To wear her hair in a more modern style
To find a young husband.
To wear more make-up.
To repeat the mistakes of her youth.
Dorian has fallen in love with an actress. What is her name?
Sibyl Vane
Jessica Vance
Susan Bane
Faith Dover
What information was contained in the telegram Dorian sent to Lord Henry?
Lord Henry's Aunt Agatha had died
Dorian's home had burned down.
Basil was near death
Dorian was getting married.
What does Dorian Gray so desperately wish for that he "would give [his] soul" to have it come true?
What do you think is meant by the word “Self-involved worldliness”?
According to Lord Henry, what is "the only way to get rid of a temptation"?
Explain this quote: “When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.”
