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ACTIVITIESChapters 1-2Before you read1 Look at the Word List at the back of the book.a Which of these words in ifalics have a positive meaning?absurd charming fascinating scandal shameb Which of these words in italics do not have a positive meaning?corrupt failure friendship rumour tragedyc lf an artist paints your portrait in a fortnight, how long does ittake?2 Read the Introduction and answer these questions. What do youlearn abouta Oscar Wilde's character and personal life?b the life of Dorian Gray?c Wilde's opinion of art?While you read3 Who says these sentences? Write the name of the speaker from thestory.a 'lt is your best work, Basil, the best thingyou have ever done.'b 'l really can't exhibit it. I have put toomuch of myself into it.'c 'Charming boy. I don't know what hedoes - | think he doesn't do anything.'d 'l choose my friends for their beautyand my enemies for their intelligence.'e 'When he is with me. I see the worlddifferently.'4 Put a (/) next to the correct answers.Lord Henry thinks:a that Dorian is very handsome.b that Dorian should visit him.
c that Dorian has passions that make him afraidd that it is not good to be young.e Beauty never disappears.f Basil's porlrait of Dorian is one of the greatestpaintings in modern art.After you read5 what do you think Basil means when he says these things to LordHenry?a 'When I like people enormously I never tell their names toanyone.'b 'l knew that this boy would become my whole soul, my whole artitself.'c 'Then I feel, Harry, that I have given my whole soul to someonewho uses it like a flower to put in his coat on a summer's day.'6 How does Dorian Gray feel about the following things? Why?a sitting for his portraitb Lord Henryc growing oldd his portraitChapters 3-5Before you read7 Lord Henry has told Basil that the portrait is 'the real Dorian'. whilehe goes to the theatre with Dorian, Basil stays with 'the real Dorian'.What do you think will happen to the relationship between the artistand Dorian? What will Dorian do with his portrait, do you think?I Read the titles of chapters 3-5 and look at the pictures on pages18 and 23. What do you think happens to Dorian? Why?While you read9 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?a Lord Henry's wife is very upset because her husbandkeeps photographs of Dorian in the house.68
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