The Picture of Dorian Gray

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Who painted the picture of Dorian Gray?

A. Lord Henry Wotton

B. Margaret Devereaux

C. Basil Hallward

D. Lady Brandon

2. Which qualities make a person least likely to suffer, according to Basil?

A. beauty and intelligence

B. beauty and ignorance

C. ugliness and intelligence

D. ugliness and ignorance

3. Where did the artist meet Dorian Gray?

A. at a party thrown by Lady Brandon

B. at a dinner hosted by Lord Henry

C. at a cafe

D. on the train

4. Why won’t the artist exhibit the picture of Dorian Gray?

A. The artist worries that the picture displays too much personal emotion.

B. The artist doesn’t want Dorian to find out about the picture.

C. The artist is embarrassed by the picture’s poor quality.