Dorian Gray Practice Test

The main idea being tested is the longing for eternal youth and the willingness to pay a terrible price to get it. Dorian Gray yearns to stay young forever, so intensely that he says he would give his soul to make that come true. This wish drives the whole story: his outward beauty remains untouched while his portrait—holding the marks of every vice and decision—ages and darkens in his place. That Faustian bargain is what Wilde uses to explore vanity, moral corruption, and the dangers of chasing youth at the cost of one’s humanity. The best answer captures the exact desire: to remain young forever. The other options miss the central motive, focusing on wealth or power or a magical method, rather than the specific wish to preserve youth and beauty at any moral price.