Multiple-choice Reading Test. "The Picture of Dorian Gray", by Oscar Wilde. 10 Class

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. Cruelty! Had he been cruel? It was the girl's fault, not his. He had dreamed of her as a great artist, had given his love to her because he had thought her great. Then Sibyl Vane had disappointed him. And, yet, a feeling of infinite regret came over him, as he thought of her lying at his feet sobbing like a little child. But the picture? What was he to say of that? It held the secret of his life and told his story. It had taught him to love his own beauty. Would it teach him to loathe his own soul? Would he ever look at it again? Dorian Gray was disappointed by Sibyl Vane because ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. Suddenly there flashed across his mind, what he said in Basil Hallward's studio the day the picture had been finished. He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain young, and the portrait had grown old; that his own beauty might be untarnished, and the face on the canvas bears the burden of his passions and his sins. Surely, his wish had not been fulfilled! Such things were impossible. And yet, there was the picture before him, with the touch of cruelty in the mouth. Dorian Gray's portrait ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. He turned and left the room. In a few moments, he was out of the theatre. He hailed a horse and drove home. As he entered his bedroom, his eyes fell upon the portrait Basil Hallward had painted of him. He started back as if in surprise. The face appeared to him to be a little changed. He could see the lines of cruelty round the mouth as, if he had just done some dreadful thing. He winced and quickly glanced into a mirror. No line that warped his red lips. What did it mean? As soon Doryan walked into his room he ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. He threw himself down on the sofa and turned away his face. "You have killed my love," he muttered. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvellous, because you had genius and intellect, and you realised the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are nothing to me now. I will never see you again. I will never think of you. Without your art, you are nothing." Dorian made Sibyl realise that ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. "Acting! I leave that to you. You do it so well," he answered bitterly. A low moan broke from her, and she flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower. "Dorian, Dorian, don't leave me!" she whispered. "I am so sorry I didn't act well. I was thinking of you all the time. But I will try indeed, I will try. Can’t you forgive me for the night? Don’t leave me!” "I am going," he said at last in his calm clear voice. "I don't wish to be unkind, but I can't see you again. You have disappointed me." Sibyl begged Dorian ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. A low moan broke from her, and she flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower. "Dorian, Dorian, don't leave me!" she whispered. "I am so sorry I didn't act well. I was thinking of you all the time. But I will try indeed, I will try. Can’t you forgive me for the night? Don’t leave me!” "I am going," he said at last in his calm clear voice. "I don't wish to be unkind, but I can't see you again. You have disappointed me." He turned and left the room. In a few moments, he was out of the theatre. He hailed a horse and drove home. According to the text, Dorian was ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. Cruelty! Had he been cruel? It was the girl's fault, not his. He had dreamed of her as a great artist, had given his love to her because he had thought her great. Then she had disappointed him. And, yet, a feeling of infinite regret came over him, as he thought of her lying at his feet sobbing like a little child. But the picture? What was he to say of that? It held the secret of his life and talked about his story. It had taught him to love his own beauty. Would it teach him to loathe his own soul? Would he ever look at it again? Dorian believes that ...

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. As soon as it was over, Dorian Gray rushed behind the scenes into the greenroom. When he entered, Sibyl Vane looked at him, and an expression of infinite joy came over her ... He threw himself down on the sofa and turned away his face. "You have killed my love," he muttered. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvellous, because you had genius and intellect, and you realised the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are nothing to me now. I will never see you again. I will never think of you. Without your art, you are nothing." Dorian came into the greenroom to tell Sibyl that ...

Read and choose the correct answer. The girl grew white and trembled. "You are not serious, Dorian?" she murmured. "You are acting." "Acting! I leave that to you. You do it so well," he answered bitterly. A low moan broke from her, and she flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower. "Dorian, Dorian, don't leave me!" she whispered. "I am so sorry I didn't act well. I was thinking of you all the time. But I will try indeed, I will try. Can’t you forgive me for the night? Don’t leave me!” "I am going," he said at last in his calm clear voice. "I don't wish to be unkind, but I can't see you again. You have disappointed me." What statement is false, according to Sibyl Vane?

Read and complete the sentence with the correct part. As soon as it was over, Dorian Gray rushed behind the scenes into the greenroom. When he entered, Sibyl Vane looked at him, and an expression of infinite joy came over her. "How badly I acted tonight, Dorian!" she cried. "Horribly!" he answered, gazing at her in amazement. "Horribly! It was dreadful. Are you ill? You have no idea what it was. You have no idea what I suffered." "Dorian," she answered, you should have understood. But you understand now, don't you?" "Understand what?" he asked, angrily. "Why I was so bad tonight. Why I shall always be bad. Why I shall never act well again." He shrugged his shoulders. "You are ill, I suppose. When you are ill, you shouldn't act. You make yourself ridiculous. My friends were bored. I was bored." Dorian Gray was angry with Sibyl Vane because ...