The Picture of Dorian Gray Question

The Picture of Dorian Gray/ Questions prepared by _石毅_

PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION (50%):

A. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (25%)

Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions from [1] to [25]

1. What famous phrase appears in the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray? N A Preface

[A]“All art is quite useless.”

[B]“All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

[C] “The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”

2. Why does Basil not wish to exhibit his portrait of Dorian? N B Chap. 1

[A]Dorian Gray was unwilling to show the portrait.

[B]He thinks he has put too much of himself in it.

[C]He thinks he is not famous and no one will pay any notice to it.

3. How does Basil first meet Dorian? N B Chap. 1

[A]Through a newspaper advertisement.

[B]At a party hosted by Lady Brandon.

[C]In Basil’s studio.

4. When Dorian arrives at his studio, what request does Basil make of Lord Henry? N C Chap. 2

[A]He suggests that Lord Henry leave without meeting Dorian.

[B]He asks Lord Henry not to mention the painting to Dorian.

[C]He begs Lord Henry not to influence Dorian.

5. Upon seeing his completed portrait, what does Dorian wish? N A Chap. 2

[A]He wishes that the painting would grow old while he remained eternally young.

[B]He wishes that he looked as beautiful as the man in the painting.

[C]He wishes that the painting would bear the marks of his sins.

6. What stuns Dorian when he first meets Lord Henry? N A Chap. 2

[A]What Lord Henry says about youth.

[B]What Lord Henry says about Dorian’s beauty.

[C]What Lord Henry says about Basil’s painting.

7. What is Sibyl Vane’s occupation?N C Chap. 4

[A]Prostitute.

[B]Noblewoman.

[C]Actress.

8. Which of the following is NOT the reason why the brother of Sibyl worries about his sister? N C Chap. 5

[A]He fears that Sibyl will be harmed by Dorian.

[B]He is jealous of their relationship.

[C]He does not trust Sibyl.

9. On the night that Lord Henry and Basil come to see her act, what does Sibyl resolve to do? N B Chap. 7

[A]Forget her lines.

[B]Give up acting.

[C]Convince them that she truly loves Dorian.

10. What happens to the portrait when Dorian breaks up with Sibyl? N A Chap. 7

[A]The portrait bears the mark of cruelty of Dorian Gray.

[B]The portrait is stolen by Dorian’s servant.

[C]The portrait is taken back by Basil.

11. What does Dorian resolve to do when he notices a change in his portrait after breaking up with Sibyl? N B Chap. 7

[A]Rip up the portrait.

[B]Make amends with her.

[C]Live sinfully without regret.

12. After Sibyl’s death, who convinces Dorian to have no inv olvement in the case? N B Chap. 8

[A]Basil.

[B]Lord Henry.

[C]Sibyl’s mother.

13. Basil makes the confession to Dorian about his refusal of exhibiting the portrait because N B Chap. 9

[A]he wants to tell.

[B]he wants to exhibit the portrait.

[C]Dorian asked him to tell by force.

14. What does Dorian do to the portrait after he determines that nobody except himself will see it again? N A Chap. 10

[A]He hides it in an old schoolroom in the house.

[B]He asks frame-makers to carry them out of the house.

[C]He asks his servants to carry them out of the house.

15. What gift from Lord Henry profoundly influences Dorian? N C Chap. 10

[A]A statue.

[B]A mirror.

[C]A book.

16. What does Dorian NOT do t o “realize” the beauty of life?N B Chap. 11

[A]He studies perfume.

[B]He devotes himself to painting.

[C]He studies embroideries.

17. What does Dorian show to Basil before the death of Basil? N A Chap. 12

[A]The portrait.

[B]Lord H enry’s gift.

[C]Sibyl’s body.

18. What does Dorian do after he kills Basil? N C Chap. 13

[A]He goes straight to bed.

[B]He calls his valet to deal with the body.

[C]He slips out and pretends to just come back from the club.

19. T o whom does Dorian turn for help with disposing of Basil’s body?N B Chap. 14

[A]Lord Henry.

[B]Alan Campbell.

[C]His servant.

20. What is finally done with Basil’s corpse?N C Chap. 14

[A]It is locked away in the attic of Dorian’s home.

[B]It is buried in Dorian’s garden.

[C]It is dissolved in acid.

21. What fate befalls James Vane? N A Chap. 18

[A]He is accidentally killed by hunters at Dorian’s country home.

[B]He is killed in a duel with Dorian.

[C]His ship is lost at sea.

22. What does Dorian think the two things that have ruined his life? N C Chap. 20

[A]Basil and Lord Henry.

[B]Pride and passion.

[C]Beauty and youth.

23. What happens when Dorian attempts to drive a knife into his portrait? N A Chap. 20

[A]He becomes the disfigured image in the painting and, in effect, stabs himself.

[B]The weapon sinks into the canvas but cannot be pulled out again.

[C]The portrait is torn to bits, and the pieces show a beautiful young man once more.

24. As the years pass, what happens to Dorian’s body?N B Whole novel

[A]It becomes horribly ugly.

[B]It remains youthful and beautiful.

[C]It grows perpetually younger and stronger.

25. What best describes the philosophy that Lord Henry espouses? N A Whole novel

[A]Hedonistic.

[B]Existential.

[C]Altruistic.

A. TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS (25%)

Directions: Judge whether the following statements are true or false:

26. Basil is reluctant to introduce Dorian Gray to Lord Henry. N T Chap. 1

27. Dorian loves his portrait at the very moment he sees it. N T Chap. 2

28. Basil gives the portrait to Lord Henry. N F Chap. 2

29. Dorian was born to a very poor family. N F Chap. 3

30. When Lord Henry hears Dorian’s lov e story with Sibyl Vane, he laughs at their romance. N F Chap. 4

31. Sibyl’s brother, James, will voyage to America for a new life.N F Chap. 5

32. Sibyl’s nickname for Dorian is Prince Apollo.N F Chap. 5

33. Basil does not prove Dorian’s marriage t o Sibyl when he first hears the news. N T Chap. 6

34. Lord Henry admired Dorian as he hears of the death of Sibyl because no woman has ever died for him. N T Chap. 7

35. Dorian promises to exchange secrets with Basil about the portrait, but he breaks his promise. N T Chap. 9

36. Dorian’s attachment to his own portrait becomes stronger and stronger as he sinks into corruption.N T Chap. 11

37. Basil goes to see Dorian before he goes to Paris to make sure Dorian will not do anything evil. N F Chap. 12

38. Dorian kills Basil in an accident. N F Chap. 13

39. The blood on the portrait is splashed on when Dorian kills Basil. N F Chap. 14

40. Dorian burns the coat, bag, and house of Basil to destroy things that are dangerous to him. N F Chap. 15

41. Lord Henry guesses what happened to Dorian and Basil soon after the death of the latter. N F Chap. 15

42. James Vane does not shoot Dorian because the woman he meets on the way tells him not to. N F Chap. 16

43. Dorian goes to an opium-den at the night when he is confronted by James Vane. N T Chap. 16

44. It is only an illusion of James Vane that Dorian sees before the death of James. N F Chap. 18

45. It becomes the topic of rumor that Basil has been killed for running away with the wife of Lord Henry. N F Chap. 19

46. Dorian spares Hetty in order to gain a good reputation. N F Chap. 19

47. Dorian decides to repent after the death of James Vane. N T Chap. 19

48. Dorian gets so furious that he stabs a knife into the portrait because he finds the portrait becomes young and

N F Chap. 20 beautiful again.

49. Dorian kills Campbell in order to get rid of any evidence against him. N F Chap. 20

50. Dorian regrets killing Basil before he stabs the knife into the portrait. N F Chap. 20 PART TWO: VOCABULARY (50%):

A. WORD INFERENCE (30%)

Directions: Infer the meaning of the word(s) which are put in round brackets, as they are used in the text:

51. Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement, and

N B gave rise to so many strange (conjectures).

[A]reactions

[B]guesses

[C]publications

52. Don’t (squander) the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or

N A giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar.

[A]waste

[B]spend

[C]count

53. Dorian made no answer, but passed (listlessly) in front of his picture, and turned towards it. N B

[A]interestedly

[B]disinterestedly

[C]joyfully

54. Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and (wizen), his eyes dim and colorless, the

N A grace of his figure broken and deformed.

[A]wrinkled

[B]dirty

[C]colorless

55. The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so (somber), so depressing. N C

[A]bright

[B]colorful

[C]dark

N A 56. “Money, I suppose,” said Lord Fermor, making a (wry) face. “Well, sit down and tell me all about it. Young

people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.”

[A]twisted

[B]funny

[C]sad

N B 57. He invented a (facile) excuse, and having taken the vacant seat next to her, looked round to see who was

there.

[A]made-up

[B]simple

[C]real

N B 58. He played with the idea, and grew willful; tossed it into the air and transformed it; let it escape and

recaptured it; made it (iridescent) with fancy, and winged it with paradox.

[A]beautiful

[B]colorful

[C]pale

N A 59. Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and (expound) to me your philosophy of

pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess.

[A]explain

[B]criticize

[C]show

N A 60. “I am analyzing women at present, so I ought to know. The subject is not so (abstru se) as I thought it was. I

find that, ultimately, there are only two kinds of women…”

[A]complicated

[B]cutting-edge

[C]funny

N A 61. “I felt that this grey, monstrous London of ours, with its myriads of people, its (sordid) sinners, and its

splendid sins, as you once phrased it, must have something in store for me.”

[A]immoral

[B]ugly

[C]skillful

62. She has not merely art, (consummate) art-instinct, in her, but she has personality also. N C

[A]beautiful

[B]easy

[C]skillful

63. Yet it was not his alone that made him gloomy and (morose). N B

[A]furious

[B]unhappy

[C]sensitive

64. We are not sent into the world to (air) our moral prejudices. N B

[A]boast

[B]express

[C]broadcast

65. She is simply a born artist. I sat in the dingy box absolutely (enthralled). N A

[A]absorbed

[B]shocked

[C]targeted

66. He looked pale, and proud, and indifferent. The play dragged on, and seemed (interminable). N C

[A]marvelous

[B]boring

[C]endless

67. It was not too late to make (reparation) for that. She could still be his wife. N C

[A]preparation

[B]regret

[C]compensation

68. The past could always be (annihilated). Regret, denial, or forgetfulness could do that. N A

[A]destroyed

[B]forgotten

[C]remembered

N C 69. Finally, he went over to the table, and wrote a passionate letter to the girl he had loved, (imploring) her

forgiveness, and accusing himself of madness.

[A]sympathizing

[B]exploring

[C]begging for

N B 70. The more he knew, the more he desired to know. He had mad hungers that grew more (ravenous) as he fed

them.

[A]mad

[B]starving

[C]satisfying

N B 71. Sometimes when he was down at his great house in Nottinghamshire, entertaining the fashionable young men

of his own rank who were his chief companions, and astounding the county by the (wanton) luxury and

gorgeous splendor of his mode of life, he would …

[A]controlled

[B]uncontrolled

[C]foul

72. “What is it all about?” cried Dorian, in his (petulant) way, flinging himself down on the sofa.N A

[A]impatient

[B]traditional

[C]own

N C 73. Staveley curled his lip and said that you might have the most artistic tastes, but that you were a man whom no

pure-minded girl should be allowed to know, and whom no (chaste) woman should sit in the same room with.

[A]beautiful

[B]pure

[C]decent

74. I know the age better than you do, though you will (prate) about it so tediously. N A

[A]talk

[B]praise

[C]think

75. The brain had its own food on which it (battened), and the imagination, made grotesque by terror, twisted and N B

distorted as a living thing by pain, danced like some foul puppet on a stand, and grinned through moving

masks.

[A]lay

[B]lived

[C]chewed

N B

76. What you have got to do is to destroy the thing that is upstairs—to destroy it so that not a (vestige) of it will

be left.

[A]thing

[B]trace

[C]shadow

N A

77. It is pure (unadulterated) country life. They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed

early because they have so little to think about.

[A]complete

[B]undestroyed

[C]clean

78. If you want any (corroborative) evidence on the subject, you can ask him. N A

[A]exact

[B]coordinated

[C]more

79. I have a horrible (presentiment) that something of the kind may happen to me. N B

[A]feeling

[B]premonition

[C]sense

80. Out of the black cave of Time, terrible and (swathed) in scarlet, rose the image of his sin. N A

[A]wrapped

[B]appeared

[C]disappeared

B. WORD MATCHING (10%)

Directions: Match up the words that are close in meaning. The words to be matched are

[A] change [B] criticize [C] pale [D] annoy [E] hatred

[F] unpleasant [G] spoil [H] liking [I] end [J] unflattering

81. mar N G

82. hideous N F

83. enamored N H

84. pallid N C

85. culminate N I

86. enmity N E

87. reproach N B

88. unbecoming N J

89. caprice N A

90. vex N D

C. BLANK FILLING (10%)

Directions: Choose the appropriate expressions or phrases to complete the following sentences taken from the

book. The 10 expressions or phrases are given in the order of [A] to [J] as below:

[A] feel up to [B] turned on his heel [C] on hand [D] on chance [E] explain away

[F] out of sorts [G] came on [H] apt to [I] all the same [J] ill at ease

N I

91. “People like you—the willful sunbeams of life—don’t commit crimes, Do rian. But I am much obliged for the

compliment, _____.

92. I thought you must have some curious romance _____. N C

93. “Days in summer, Basil, are _____ linger,” murmured Lord Henry.N H

94. For some months past she had felt _____ when she was alone with this rough, stern son of hers. N J

95. Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot _____. N E

96. The sense of his own beauty _____ him like a revelation. N G

97. I sent round to him this morning _____, and he promised faithfully not to disappoint me. N D

98. “But must we really see Chicago in order to be educated?” asked Mr. Erskine plaintively. “I don’t _____ the

N A journey.”

99. He _____, and left the room. N B

100. “Dorian, what is the matter with you tonight? You are quite _____.”N F