The following text is from Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian is seeing his portrait, painted by Basil Hallward, for the first time.Dorian made no answer, but passed listlessly in front of his picture and turned towards it. When he saw it he drew back, and his cheeks flushed for a moment with pleasure. A look of joy came into his eyes, as if he had recognized himself for the first time. He stood there motionless and in wonder, dimly conscious that Hallward was speaking to him, but not catching the meaning of his words. The sense of his own beauty came on him like a revelation. He had never felt it before.According to the text, what is true about Dorian?*A. Dorian is distracted by the beauty of the painting.B. Dorian believes that what Hallward is saying is unimportant.C. Dorian does not recognize his own image.D. Dorian is prone to embarrassment.

The following text is adapted from Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Lord Henry looked at Dorian Gray. Yes, he was certainly wonderfully handsome, with his finely curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes, his crisp gold hair. There was something in his face that made one trust him at once. All the candour of youth was there, as well as all youth’s passionate purity. One felt that he had kept himself unspotted from the world.“You are too charming to go in for philanthropy, Mr. Gray—far too charming.” And Lord Henry flung himself down on the divan and opened his cigarette-case.Dorian Gray, a painter, had been busy mixing his colours and getting his brushes ready. He was looking worried, and when he heard Lord Henry’s last remark, he glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Harry, I want to finish this picture to-day. Would you think it awfully rude of me if I asked you to go away?”Which choice best states the main idea of the text?Dorian Gray’s main passion in life is his philanthropy.eliminateDorian Gray is an unlikeable figure who is too absorbed in his artwork.eliminateDorian Gray is considered rude and overly blunt by all of his peers.eliminateDorian Gray is handsome, talented, and well-liked by those around him.e

The Picture of Dorian Gray is an 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde. In the novel, Lord Henry sees art venues, like Grosvenor and Academy, mainly as useful for keeping current with society. 13 Mark For Review13Which quotation from The Picture of Dorian Gray most effectively illustrates the claim?A) “You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar”B) “Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse.”C) “‘I don’t think I shall send it anywhere,’ he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh at him at Oxford.”D) “Not send it anywhere? My dear fellow, why? Have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are!”

Patrick Duggan states that "Wilde uses Dorian Gray not as an advertisement foraestheticism, but rather, he uses Dorian’s life to warn against aestheticism’s hostilitytoward morality when uncontrolled."Analyse the extent to which Duggan's interpretation is supported by the novel.Duggan, R ( 2008) 'The Conflict Between Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde’sVolume 1 Issue 1, 2008/2009, PP61-69, BostonThe Picture of Dorian Gray', WR, ,University.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish-born playwright who wrote some of the most popular plays performed in London in the 1890s. He was a devout believer in Aestheticism, which is the principle that fine arts such as music and literature should be made for beauty rather than have an underlying allegorical purpose. Even so, many of his most famous works include moral precepts: _____

Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt adapted from Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce:The wide playgrounds were swarming with boys playing football. All were shouting and the captains urged them on with strong cries. The evening air was pale and chilly, and the greasy leather ball flew like a heavy bird through the grey light. He kept on the edge of his line, out of sight of his captain, out of the reach of the rude feet, pretending to run now and then. His body felt small and he did his best to hide in plain sight.Which mood does the author develop with syntax and diction? A. sarcastic B. angry C. joyful D. gloomy