The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde

Whole Book Quiz

Twenty questions on the whole of The Picture of Dorian Gray: its people, its ideas, and the history of the book.

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Q1 of 20
When did the novel first appear?
Q2 of 20
Who painted the portrait?
Q3 of 20
What is Lord Henry's first name, as his friends use it?
Q4 of 20
What does Dorian nickname Lord Henry in Chapter XVII?
Q5 of 20
What does the portrait show that Dorian's face does not?
Q6 of 20
How many people die because of Dorian, directly or not, in the novel?
Q7 of 20
Whose influence does the novel blame most for Dorian's corruption?
Q8 of 20
What does Basil represent in the novel?
Q9 of 20
What is Lord Henry's philosophy called in the book?
Q10 of 20
Which movement does the novel's view of art belong to?
Q11 of 20
Which French novel is usually taken as the model for the yellow book?
Q12 of 20
Why did reviewers attack the novel in 1890?
Q13 of 20
What is Dorian's country house called?
Q14 of 20
What kind of novel is it often called, because of the portrait?
Q15 of 20
Which earlier story of a soul bargained away is it often compared with?
Q16 of 20
Why does Dorian finally stab the portrait?
Q17 of 20
How do the servants recognise the dead man on the floor?
Q18 of 20
Who wrote the novel?
Q19 of 20
Who is Hetty Merton?
Q20 of 20
What is the novel's darkest irony?