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Good looks and youth bring an exciting life to Dorian Gray in a Victorian world of social etiquette and prudishness. That is until his ugly secret is discovered.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray," a novel by Oscar Wilde, begins with two characters who are admiring a painting. Who are they?
Lady Bracknell and Cecily Cardew
Dorian Gray and his servant
Lord Henry Wotten and Basil Hallward
Henry Wotton is very interested in the subject of the painting, as is everyone who looks at it. The beauty of the actual man seems to be living in the artwork.
Lady Windermere and Sibyl Vane
Who was Basil Hallward?
The servant of Lord Henry Wotton
The artist who painted the portrait of Dorian Gray
Basil is reluctant to disclose the name of the subject in the painting. "When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy," he says.
The buyer of the painting of Dorian Gray
The half-brother of Dorian Gray
What is it about Henry that Dorian enjoys?
His ability to make others laugh.
The large amounts of money he spends on friends.
His piano playing skills.
The way he talks to him.
Wotton has the ability to look at the world with disregard, and speaks in a fashion that seems to fly in the face of what is proper. He lives vicariously through Dorian, and is a negative influence on him.
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What reason does Basil give to Lord Wotton for not wanting to have a public showing of the portrait?
He's afraid the secret of his soul will be revealed.
Basil explains to Lord Wotton he saw Dorian Gray at a social event and he grew afraid, as if fate had something terrible in store for him. Yet, he also tells him that he feels the need to see him every day.
He painted Dorian in the nude and it would be scandalous.
He had explicit directions to keep the painting hidden.
He painted it over a stolen masterpiece.
Why doesn't Basil want Henry to meet Dorian Gray?
Wotton will tell Dorian of Basil's feelings for him.
Wotton will want him for himself.
Wotton might kill him.
Wotton will be a negative influence on Gray.
Henry indulges in immoral ideas and he would spoil the purity of what Basil sees in Dorian. Basil enjoys Dorian for his beauty on the outside and his innocence on the inside.
What does Henry tell Dorian about temptation?
The only way to get rid of it, is to yield to it.
There are no boundaries with Henry Wotton's suggestions to Dorian. He seems to enjoy his role in corruption.
It is meant to be captured and then bid adieu.
The only bad temptation is no temptation.
It is the young man's dream and the old man's nightmare.
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What is it that Henry believes is worth having?
A soul that never sleeps
Youth, since it keeps beauty intact
Wotton is fascinated with Dorian's for youth and beauty. As everyone around him ages, Dorian becomes even more intriguing for Wotton, who desperately wants to know his secret.
An ability to see the truth in others
An open mind and a closed heart
Henry's Uncle George knows Dorian's family history. What does he share?
Dorian's grandfather was a kind man who took Dorian in.
Dorian's father was convicted of murder and died in prison.
Dorian's mother was very beautiful and wealthy.
His mother risked everything for her heart's passion. His father was a soldier who died soon after the marriage.
Dorian's twin died after his first breath.
Who is Victoria?
Dorian's first love
Henry's wife
Henry's wife meets Dorian for the first time while he is awaiting Henry's arrival in the library of her house. She and Henry live separate lives, which allows Henry to easily go out socially with Dorian to places of ill repute.
Basil's sister
Dorian's mother
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Who is Sibyl Vane?
A servant Dorian wishes to confide in
The daughter of Basil
An actress Dorian claims he is in love with
Dorian saw Sibyl in a performance of Romeo and Juliet. He tells Henry that his voice and Sibyl's are the only ones he will never forget.
The subject of Basil's new painting
Who warns Sibyl to beware of Dorian?
Her brother, Jim
Sibyl's brother, Jim, has heard she has an admirer at the theater every night. He threatens to kill Dorian if he ever hurts Sibyl.
Her mother, Mrs. Vane
Basil
A gypsy
Basil comments, "one pays a terrible price" for what?
Admiring beauty
Feeling love
Living for one's self
Once Dorian has become morally corrupted by Wotton, he goes on an endless pleasure spree. Basil is disappointed in the changes he sees.
Abandoning friends
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Dorian notices his painting seems altered. What is the first change he observes?
Cruelty in the mouth after he hurts Sibyl
Dorian starts to regret having hurt Sibyl and reconsiders a marriage proposal. He is in disbelief that the portrait has transformed just prior to the news of Sibyl's suicide.
Evil in the eyes from his rude remarks to Basil
Blood on the hands after he kills a prostitute
Darkened shadows on his face after he lies to Henry
Basil wants the portrait. What does Dorian tell him?
He must not ever ask to see it.
Dorian realizes the painting reveals the devil in his soul. His immorality manifests itself and grows as Dorian devolves.
Henry has it.
It was stolen.
It was burned in a fire.
What does Henry give Dorian which seems to "poison" him?
A paintbrush
A pet dog
A book
Dorian becomes obsessed with the book of debauchery and has multiple copies with different colored covers. Your basic dirty book!
A piano
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Basil runs into Dorian on a foggy night and wishes to share something with him. What is it?
Henry wishes to disassociate himself with Dorian.
Scandalous things are being said of Dorian in high society circles.
Basil is concerned that word is getting around about Dorian's sexual behavior and indulgences. People even seem afraid and intimidated by him. When he enters a room, conversations are hushed.
He wants to tell him he loves him.
The truth about his mother's death is that her husband killed her.
To whom does Dorian finally show the transforming painting?
A stranger who spends the night
Basil
Basil has pressed Dorian far enough on the painting, and Dorian finally gives in. Basil is horrified to see the truth of Dorian's youth and beauty; the painting absorbs his evilness.
Henry
Aunt Agatha
How does Basil die?
He dies of fright from viewing the painting.
He commits suicide and drowns himself.
He dies from a broken heart when he sees what Dorian has become.
Dorian murders him.
Dorian is overwhelmed with anger by the way Basil reacts to the painting. He finds a knife that had been left in the room and wildly stabs him to death.
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Who does Dorian call on to help with Basil's body after he kills him?
Alan Campbell
Alan Campbell is an old, intimate acquaintance who is reluctant to see Dorian. Gray sends for him by letter.
Henry
A servant
A convict
Where does Dorian store the painting?
Behind the bookcase
In the old schoolroom
Dorian has unpleasant memories of the room from childhood. It is suggested his grandfather abused him there.
In a large trunk
In Lord Wotton's attic
For what does Dorian blame Basil?
Sibyl's death
Encouraging his vanity
Basil was always complimenting and admiring Dorian's appearance. The painting was a curse that chronicled his fall from grace.
Introducing him to Henry
His popularity
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When Basil sees the portrait in its transformation, what does he suggest to Dorian should be done?
They should pray.
Basil realizes the painting is an abomination and they are likely both doomed. Praying seems like the only hope.
The portrait should be sold immediately.
They should call Henry to help.
Dorian should make amends with those he hurt.
How is Dorian able to convince his reluctant and former acquaintance, Alan Campbell, to help him get rid of Basil's body?
He threatens Alan's wife.
He pays him a fortune.
He blackmails him.
Dorian asks Campbell to turn any evidence related to Basil into ashes. When Campbell refuses, Dorian slides a paper over to him and tells him he has a letter waiting to be sent. The reader never finds out exactly what Gray was holding over him, but Campbell reluctantly assists.
He begs him.
Dorian recalls the comment made by Lord Wotton, "To cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul!" How does he apply this?
He becomes an artist.
He blinds himself.
He takes a wife.
He goes to an opium den.
Dorian tries to forget his secret miseries by going to an opium den. He runs into Adrian Singleton, who he feels he has corrupted, and reflects on this influence.
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Sybil Vane's brother, Jim, discovers Dorian after many years. How does this come about?
He does a business deal with Henry Wotton.
He overhears the name "Prince Charming."
While on an opium bender, Dorian hears someone refer to him as "Prince Charming," and is assaulted by Sibyl Vane's brother, who recognizes the name of the man his sister loved. When Jim Vane threatens Dorian with a gun, Dorian convinces him that after18 years, if he were that man, he would be much older.
He sees Dorian at Sybil's grave.
He finds out that Dorian has been making payments to Sybil's mother.
While on a social visit to the conservatory of The Selby, what causes Dorian to faint?
Too much opium
Jim Vane's presence
Since running into Vane the night of the opium den visit, Dorian has been paranoid of being found. He sees Vane's face through a window at a social gathering.
The ghost of Basil Hallward
Lack of sleep
How did Jim Vane die?
Dorian stabs him.
Henry beats him up.
He kills himself in the river, like Sibyl.
He is accidentally shot in a hunting outing.
Vane stalks Dorian at a hunting outing and is shot by Sir Geoffrey Clouston, who mistakes him for a hare.
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Who is Hetty?
His real mother
A woman who knows he killed Basil
A village girl that Dorian loved
Dorian falls for Hetty, but breaks it off with her to spare her. He wants to avoid hurting her like hurt Sibyl.
A woman who wants to reform Dorian
What thing does Lord Wotton say cannot be explained away, aside from vulgarity?
Death
Henry says this when he is discussing with Dorian the possibility that Basil is dead. He does not care to talk about it because death terrifies him.
Guilt
Hatred
Deception
What became of Alan Campbell?
He committed suicide.
Alan Campbell shot himself in his laboratory. The secret of his helping Dorian dispose of Basil's body died with him.
He disclosed Dorian's secret to Henry.
He turned Dorian in to the police.
He stole the painting from Dorian.
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What prompts Dorian to return to look at the painting?
The servant told him it was missing.
He is ready to sell it.
He hears it calling to him.
He wonders if it has changed again.
In his reflection of Hetty and his attempts to be a better person, he ponders the possibility of the painting. He thinks maybe it has improved.
Dorian is found dead, with the painting restored to its original splendor. He is unrecognizable, except for what?
His rings
The evil and ugliness of his soul has been transferred back to his body; the painting is restored to depict him in his youth and beauty.
His snuff box
His shoes
His watch
What is ironic about the painting after Dorian is found dead?
Dorian attempted to light the painting on fire.
The painting was smiling broadly.
There was a shadow of Basil in the background.
Dorian had attempted to stab the painting with the knife.
The painting should have been damaged. It suggests that maybe the evil soul of the painting stabbed Dorian; he was found with the knife in his heart.
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A 1945 movie version of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" starred which actress as Sybil Vane?
Lee Grant
Angela Lansbury
Lansbury earned a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for this role. Audiences know her for the lead in the television series, "Murder, She Wrote" and as the voice of the Mrs. Potts in Disney's animated "Beauty and the Beast."
Bette Davis
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Which actor played Lord Henry Wotton on screen in the 2009 movie?
Pierce Brosnan
John Lithgow
Ian McKellen
Colin Firth
Colin Firth also played in the onscreen version of another work by Oscar Wilde. Firth played John Worthing in "The Importance of Being Earnest." Dame Judi Dench played Lady Bracknell.
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