Characters
The Portrait
Dorian's Descent
Quotes
Simile, Metaphor, Personification or Allusion?
100

Who was the beautiful actress performing Romeo and Juliet at the theater?

Who is Sibyl Vane?

100

Dorian vows to give this away if he can stay young and the portrait grow old.

What is his soul?

100

Why doesn't Basil want Lord Henry to meet Dorian?

What is he feels like Lord Henry would be a bad influence on Dorian?


100

Who said: "You poisoned me with a book once."


Who is Dorian Gray?


100

The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow skull.

What is a simile?


200

Who was the revengeful brother of Sybil?

Who is James Vane?

200

Basil Hallward does not plan to display his portrait of Dorian Gray because of this reason.

What is he has put too much of himself in it?


200

How does Dorian convince Alan Campbell to agree to help Dorian dispose of Basil's body?


What is blackmail?


200

Who said: "The only way to get rid of tempatation is to yield to it."


Who is Lord Henry?

200

Time being dead, dragged a hideous future from its grave.


What is personification?


300

Who was the cynical, manipulative man that sparked Dorian's interest in his own beauty?

Who is Lord Henry?

300

After Dorian breaks up with Sybil Vane, what about his portrait changes?


What is a slight change of cruelty in his lips?


300

When James Vane finally finds Dorian, why doesn't he kill him?


What is Dorian shows him his youthful face?


300

Who is Dorian speaking to when he says: "I loved you because your were marvellous, because you have genius and intellect... You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid."


Who is Sybil Vane?


300

Sybil Vane's performance of Romeo and Juliet.


What is an allusion?


400

Who was the man that disposed of Basil's body?

Who is Alan Campbell?

400

After Dorian kills Basil, he goes to look at the portrait. What change has occured in the image?


What is a loathsome red dew on one of the hands of the portrait?


400

What color is the book that Lord Henry sends to Dorian?


What is yellow?

400

Who says, "You were the most unspoilded creature in the whole world."?


Who is Basil Hallward?


400

The sky is an inverted cup of blue metal.


What is a metaphor?


500

Who was the man that Dorian sees in the opium den just before his encounter with Sybil's brother?

Who is Adrian Singleton?

500

Dorian's final action results from what change in the portrait?


What is Dorian sees no change for good in the portrait?


500

In the final scene of the novel, this occurs.


What is Dorian stabs his own portrait, killing himself.

500

What is the irony in this statement: "I would like to know someone who has committed a real murder."?


What is Lord Henry is speaking to Dorian, who has in fact been responsible for multiple murders.


500

"what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul"

What is an allusion?