1. When Alan Campbell, a young scientist, arrives, what does Dorian asks him to do?
2. When Campbell refuses, how does Dorian blackmail him?
3. Dorian decides that if he cannot be forgiven for his sins, he can at least forget them. What substance does he consume to forget?
4. A woman in a squalid den addresses Dorian as “the devil’s bargain” and “Prince Charming”. Who leaps to his feet and follows Dorian at these words?
5. Why has the person [the answer to #6] been tracking Dorian for years?
6. What does Dorian point out, which makes the person [the answer to #6] release Dorian?
7. The painting becomes almost a physical manifestation of _____________; it shows Dorian what is right and what is wrong in a very literal sense.
8. Dorian entertains guests at his estate at Selby. He talks with Lord Henry, the Duchess of Monmouth, and her husband. The duchess criticizes Lord Henry for placing too great a value on _________.
9. During their conversation, Lord Henry maintains that _______, like life, depends upon repeating a great experience over and over again.
10. Why does Dorian faint, after excusing himself from his company?
11. On the third day after the incident, Dorian joins a shooting party. What captivates him while strolling along with the hunters? (Hint: he begs his fellow hunters not to shoot this.)
12. They shoot anyway. What happens by the gunshot? (Hint: Dorian says this episode is a “bad omen”.)
13. Lord Henry teases Dorian about his relationship with the duchess. But Dorian bemoans the fact that he is so concentrated on himself, on his own personality, that he is unable to ______________________________.
14. After Dorian identifies the man who was shot, why does he ride home with tears in his eyes?
15. Several weeks have passed. Dorian visits Lord Henry. Dorian claims that he wants to change and to be virtuous. As evidence of his resolve, what does Dorian describe?
16. How does Lord Henry respond when Dorian asks: “What would you say, Harry, if I told you that I had murdered Basil?”
17. Lord Henry explains that he heard a street preacher posing a question to a crowd: “What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own _______”. He mocks the man in his typical way, but Dorian cuts him short, insisting that the _______ is very real.
18. Dorian asks Lord Henry not to loan anyone else the “____ ____”, which has had such a corrupting effect upon his own character.
19. Dorian hopes his decision to change his life will have changed the painting. But when he looks at his portrait, he sees there is no change – except that “in the eyes there was a look of cunning, and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite.” How does he respond to this?
20. After Dorian’s servants hear a cry, they break into the room. What do they see?
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