The Picture of Dorian Grey.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

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1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. False

Chapter 1

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EX 1:

1. At the Grosvenor as a result of it had been the only place to exhibit..
2. Because they did anything in the world to become famous and when they were famous they were not happy.
3. The young Adonis in the painting had delicate options, honest hair and looked as if he were made of ivory and rose leaves.
4. Because he had put too much of himself into it and he was afraid it showed the secret of his heart
5. They met at a celebration at lady Brandon’s. Basil’s initial reaction was worry, as a result of he knew he had met somebody whose temperament might absorb his soul and his art
6. Basil couldn’t be happy if he didn’t see dorian every day. dorian was his inspiration and was necessary to him and his art. Basil was dominated by Dorian’s personality.
7. He asked him to not spoil or influence him as a result of Lord Henry’s influence would be unhealthy. He conjointly asked him to not take dorian far away from him.

EX 2:

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EX 3:

1. Typical
2. Decadent
3. Unnecessary
4. Marriage
5. Amusing
6. Emotional
7. Opposites
8. Adoration
9. Mixture
10. Losin

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EX 4: “I can believe anything if it is incredible”

EX 5: ‘When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone’

‘I couldn’t be happy if I didn’t see him every day. He’s absolutely necessary to me’

‘He knows nothing of my adoration for him’

‘As long as I live, the personality of Dorian Gray will dominate me’

Admiration, physical attraction, jealousy, friendship, love, adoration, inspiration.

EX 6:

1. I’m going to select George because its looks sensible as a kid and as an adult.
2. The misunderstanding is that Lord Henry doesn't recognize the creator self within the sense of his physical likeness. Basil means that the sacrifice of his art and his total involvement in the image.

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EX 7:

• I saw Basil staring at Dorian Gray in a strange way
• He seemed as if he had seen a ghost
• He didn’t move at all
• Everyone felt so embarrassed
• I just had to do something
• Both of them were looking at each other without a saying a word.
• Finally, Basil asked me to introduce him to Mr. Gray

Chapter 2

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EX 1:

1. B
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C 

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EX 2:

1. suggested to go to theatre
2. complained himself
3. begged Dorian about talking
4. that beauty will
5. warned Dorian because
6. promised that he will kill
7. wondered if he will be
8. about having him
9. threatened destroying it
10. invited Basil to came to

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EX 3:

• The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
• Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

EX 4: But for some reason he felt afraid of him.’ I have never been deeply influenced by another person, maybe little influenced like some music or series but not further.

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EX 1:

1. C
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. A

EX 2: Dandy Wellington, Nick Wooster y David Gandy.

Chapter 3

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EX 1:

1. He wanted information about Dorian Gray.
2. She was an extraordinarily beautiful and wealthy girl, who ran away from home to marry a penniless soldier. After a few months, the soldier was killed in a duel and she, too, died after giving birth to Dorian Gray.
3. Dorian’s mother had risked everything for love and died soon after the birth of her son.
4. He planned to influence him and tried to dominate his spirit. He wanted to make Dorian’s spirit his own.
5. There were many guests at Aunt Agatha’s lunch table. Lord Henry, with his witty conversation, was the center of attention and Dorian never took his eyes off him.
6. Because she had seen her husband’s seventeen photographs of him. She had also seen him at the opera with Lord Henry.
7. She is an actress that Dorian met in an absurd little theatre in the East End of London.
8. Because it made his creation more interesting to study.

EX 2:

Chapter 4

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EX 1:

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. C
8. C

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EX 2:

1. Bachelor
2. Yield
3. Gape
4. Linger
5. Gloomy
6. Soul
7. frown

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EX 3:

1. H
2. A
3. F
4. G
5. C
6. B

Chapter 5

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EX 1:

1. He said that if Sibyl could give a soul to those who had lived without one, if she could create the sense of beauty in people whose lives had been ugly, then she was worthy of all his adoration.
2. Because Sibyl was strangely lifeless and her words sounded artificial and meaningless. Her tone was false and unnatural. Her acting lacked passion and vitality.
3. Lord Henry got up and said, ‘She is very beautiful, Dorian, but she can’t act.’ Then he and Basil left the theatre.
4. He said that perhaps Sibyl was ill.
5. She told Dorian that before meeting him acting was the only reality of her life. But now that she had experienced the true essence of love, everything else was false and artificial.
6. He was very angry and disappointed, and instantly severed their relationship.
7. He discovered that the expression of the face had changed; there were lines of cruelty around the mouth.
8. Because it reflected his passions and sins, while he was able to maintain the candor of youth.
9. He decided to save himself, resist temptation and not see Lord Henry again. He would go back to Sibyl, marry her and try to love her again

EX 2:

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EX 3: I remember the day when I visited Disneyland, was the most beautiful think I had saw, after that day I start to see the think with another perspective, searching the beauty and taking my time to admire all the landscape.

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