The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

Whose point of view dominates most of the novella, before the final letters?

Dr Jekyll himself, in first personMr Utterson, a quiet, rugged lawyer and friend of JekyllMr Hyde, the small and frightening strangerSir Danvers Carew, a member of Parliament

Question 2 of 10

What troubles Utterson most about Dr Jekyll's will?

It leaves nothing to charityIt leaves Jekyll's entire estate to Mr Hyde in the event of his death or unexplained disappearanceIt cuts out his sister entirelyIt demands an extravagant funeral he cannot afford

Question 3 of 10

In one of the first incidents of the story, what does Hyde do?

Knocks down and tramples a young girl in the street and then pays off her familySteals a watch from a shop windowBurns down a townhouseInsults Utterson at a dinner party

Question 4 of 10

Whom does Hyde later murder in the street?

A poor servant girlSir Danvers Carew, an elderly member of ParliamentDr Lanyon, a respected physicianUtterson himself

Question 5 of 10

How does Jekyll appear to behave for a time after Hyde's most public crime?

He goes into hiding abroadHe becomes social and active again, says he is done with Hyde, then later withdraws and refuses visitorsHe confesses to the police and is arrestedHe continues hosting parties as if nothing happened

Question 6 of 10

What happens to Dr Lanyon, Jekyll's old friend and a fellow physician?

He leaves the country to forget what he has seenHe witnesses something so disturbing that he soon dies, leaving a sealed letter for UttersonHe sets up a private hospital for HydeHe turns out to be Hyde all along

Question 7 of 10

What does Jekyll's own letter eventually reveal about Hyde?

Hyde is a long-lost criminal twin brotherHyde is a young protégé Jekyll has been hiding for yearsHyde is a separate physical form Jekyll produces by drinking a potion of his own inventionHyde is an actor Jekyll paid to impersonate evil for a scientific experiment

Question 8 of 10

Why did Jekyll create his potion in the first place?

To cure a fatal illnessTo gain wealth and influence in societyTo separate the good and evil sides of his nature so each could exist freelyTo prove a theory of plant chemistry

Question 9 of 10

What happens to Jekyll's control over the transformations as the story goes on?

He gets better at it and can become Hyde at will, without consequencesHe loses control: Hyde begins emerging without the potion, and Jekyll cannot reliably change backHe passes the formula to Lanyon, who continues the experimentsHe stops the experiments entirely and the problem solves itself

Question 10 of 10

How does the truth of Jekyll and Hyde finally come out for Utterson?

Jekyll holds a public press conferenceUtterson and the butler Poole break into the locked laboratory, find Hyde dead, and Utterson reads the confession letters Jekyll has left behindHyde turns himself in to the police and confesses everythingLanyon writes a public newspaper article exposing them

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