Q 01/05

The Picture of Dorian Gray was written by which Irish author?

A) Sheridan Le Fanu

B) Oscar Wilde

C) Bram Stoker

D) James Joyce

Answer · why

B) Oscar Wilde

It was the only novel he ever wrote, and it was widely ignored by critics until the 1980s.

Q 02/05

What happens to Dorian Gray's portrait as he pursues a life of vice?

A) It ages and records his sins while he stays young

B) It comes to life and stalks him

C) It slowly fades to a blank canvas

D) It grows younger as he ages

Answer · why

A) It ages and records his sins while he stays young

He impulsively wishes the picture would age instead of him, effectively selling his soul.

Q 03/05

Which artist paints the portrait of Dorian Gray?

A) Alan Campbell

B) Henry Wotton

C) Adrian Singleton

D) Basil Hallward

Answer · why

D) Basil Hallward

Wilde said Basil was 'what I think I am', while Lord Henry was what the world thought him.

Q 04/05

Which aristocrat's hedonistic worldview seduces Dorian into believing beauty and pleasure are all that matter?

A) Lord Illingworth

B) Lord Henry Wotton

C) Lord Fermor

D) Lord Goring

Answer · why

B) Lord Henry Wotton

Basil tells him: 'You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing.'

Q 05/05

Sibyl Vane, the young woman Dorian falls for and cruelly rejects, works as what?

A) A seamstress

B) A flower seller

C) A governess

D) An actress

Answer · why

D) An actress

She performs Shakespeare in a dingy working-class theatre, and her love for Dorian ruins her ability to act.