- •The picture of dorian gray (study guide)
- •(The Preface; Chapters 1-4)
- •The Preface
- •Chapter 1
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 3
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the characters of the book:
- •Chapter 2
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 4
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Follow-up activities
- •Comment on the following quotes:
- •Learn the pronunciation and meaning of these proper names
- •Comprehension tasks. Chapter 5
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 6
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Combine the intensifying adverbs in the left-hand column with the adjectives and a verb in the right-hand column as in the book. Use them in your own sentences:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 7
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Combine the intensifying adverbs in the left-hand column with the adjectives and in the right-hand column as in the book. Use them in your own sentences:
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 8
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Vocabulary in use
- •Translate the following sentences into English using the vocabulary from this unit.
- •Follow-up activities
- •Comment on the following quotes:
- •Chapter 11
- •Chapter 9
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 10
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 11
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 12
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 13
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
- •Chapter 14
- •Unit IV (Chapters 15-20)
- •Chapter 15
- •Chapter 17
- •Chapter 19
- •Chapter 15
- •Chapter 16
- •Chapter 17
- •Chapter 18
- •Chapter 19
- •Give your opinion on the following quotations:
- •Chapter 20
- •Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
- •Give extensive answers to the following questions:
(The Preface; Chapters 1-4)
PRE-READING TASKS.
Learn the pronunciation and meaning of these words
Idolatry [] – the worship of idols
Titan [] – a very strong and important person
Panegyric [] – a speech or piece of writing that praises someone a lot.
COMPREHENSION TASKS.
The Preface
Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
unpardonable, cultivated, be in accord with oneself.
Give extensive answers to the following questions:
How does the author describe the artist? What is the aim of art?
How does the author describe the critic? What are the highest and the lowest form of criticism?
What people are corrupt? Who are the cultivated? The elect?
What forms the subject-matter of the artist? In what does the morality of art consist?
Do artists have ethical sympathies?
What things make the instruments and materials for an art?
Who does art really mirror?
What does the diversity of opinion about a work of art suggest?
Why is all art ‘quite useless’?
Chapter 1
Explain the meaning of the word-combinations and set phrases from the list below. Quote the sentences in which they were used in the book. Consult the dictionary if necessary.
flatter (oneself), surrender, sensation, on the verge of sth, enmity, be reckless, be destined to do sth, be hard on oneself, make an ass of oneself, give someone pain, give away soul, sum up in a phrase, against one’s will.
State which characteristics and features from the box below refer to the main characters of the book:
Lord Henry Wotton
Basil Hallward
Dorian Gray
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Give extensive answers to the following questions:
How is the artist’s studio described? How does this description characterize the artist?
What does Lord Henry think of Basil’s last work?
Why couldn’t Basil let his best work be exhibited?
Why doesn’t Lord Henry see any resemblance between Basil and Dorian Gray?
Why doesn’t Basil Hallward intend to mention the name of his sitter to anyone?
How did the artist and the model first meet?
What observation about a true Englishman does Lord Henry make?
Why has Dorian Gray become absolutely necessary to Basil Hallward?
What does the phrase “he is all my art to me now” imply?
What idea of Art does Basil Hallward put forward?
How, according to Lord Henry, will this ‘romance’ end?
Why is Basil Hallward so reluctant to introduce Dorian Gray to Lord Henry?