"The Tragic Performance"
What play was Sibyl Vane performing in when she acted so badly?
Romeo and Juliet
What question did Dorian ask Sibyl when he first entered her dressing room after the play?
"Are you ill?"
What did Dorian notice had changed in the portrait when he looked at it after returning home?
The expression / There was a touch of cruelty in the mouth.
Who brought Dorian the news of Sibyl Vane's death?
Lord Henry
Who came to visit Dorian at breakfast the morning after Sibyl's death?
Basil Hallward
What did Lord Henry call Sibyl Vane after seeing her bad perform?
"Charming! charming!" / "She is quite beautiful... but she can't act."
What did Dorian call Sibyl after rejecting her, saying she was nothing without this?
"Without your art, you are nothing" / "a third-rate actress with a pretty face"
What object did Dorian use to check if his actual face had changed like the portrait?
An oval glass framed in ivory Cupids (a mirror)
How did Sibyl Vane die?
She killed herself / swallowed something poisonous (prussic acid or white lead)
What did Basil want to do with the portrait that terrified Dorian?
Exhibit it in Paris (at Georges Petit's special exhibition in the Rue de Sèze)
According to Dorian, what emotion did Sibyl lack during her performance that made her acting artificial?
Passion / Joy (she showed no sign of joy when her eyes rested on Romeo)
What did Sibyl do when Dorian told her she had killed his love?
She flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower.
What did Dorian initially decide to do after seeing the portrait change and feeling remorse?
Go back to Sibyl Vane, make her amends, marry her, try to love her again
Where was Dorian when Sibyl died?
At the opera (with Lord Henry's sister, Lady Gwendolen)
In his confession to Dorian, what did Basil say he had put too much of into the portrait?
Himself / his secret / his idolatry
What specific physical description does the narrator use to describe Sibyl's throat while she danced?
The curves of her throat were the curves of a white lily.
What did Sibyl's little hands do as she wept silently after Dorian rejected her?
They stretched blindly out and appeared to be seeking for him
What did Dorian place in front of the portrait to hide it from view?
A large screen / an old screen of gilt Spanish leather.
What was the name of the opera singer performing on the night Dorian went to the opera after Sibyl's death?
Patti
What mythological figures did Basil paint Dorian as before creating the realistic portrait?
Paris in dainty armour, and Adonis with huntsman's cloak and polished boar-spear.
What did Sibyl say she finally understood about the Romeo she was playing opposite?
That the Romeo was hideous, and old, and painted
Complete Dorian's accusation: "You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my __________."
Curiosity
Complete Dorian's wish: "If I could remain young, and the portrait grow old... I would give... I would give __________."
My soul
According to Lord Henry, what is "the only way a woman can ever reform a man"?
By boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
Complete Basil's confession: "I had drawn you as Paris in dainty armour, and as Adonis with huntsman's cloak and polished boar-spear. Crowned with heavy __________ you had sat on the prow of Adrian's barge, gazing across the green turbid Nile."
Lotus-blossoms