Q.1
Which notorious murders took place in London in 1888, only two years after the novella's publication?
  • The Pimlico Mystery
  • The murder of Lord William Russell
  • Jack the Ripper's murders
  • The Dr Crippen case
Q.2
Mr Enfield refers to the building with the strange door as "Black Mail House", but does not believe its owner to be Dr Jekyll, who, he says, "lives in some square or other". Why does Mr Enflied not realize that Dr Jekyll's address is the same as that of the building in the by-street?
  • Dr Jekyll has misled him
  • Mr Hyde has misled him about the address
  • An address in "some square or other" would not be in such a squalid street as that of the strange door
  • Mr Enfield is not a Londoner and is therefore not very familiar with the geography of the city
Q.3
"There something more, if I could find a name for it. God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?" What is meant by the term "troglodytic"?
  • Mythical creatures
  • Ancient, primitive human beings who lived in caves
  • Sea-dwellers
  • Aliens
Q.4
The novella contains elements of several different genres. Which of the following genres does NOT contribute to the novel?
  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
  • The Gothic
  • Historical fiction
Q.5
When was first published?
  • 1786
  • 1836
  • 1886
  • 1936
Q.6
When Mr Utterson is haunted by thoughts of Mr Hyde after hearing Mr Enfield's story, he reimagines the scene as appearing "before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures". What similar technology was available to Victorians at the time of the novella's publication?
  • The magic lantern
  • Silent film
  • The Polaroid camera
  • The digital camera
Q.7
Dr Jekyll's desire to understand and to control his personality by means of science is related to which of the following fields of study?
  • Physics
  • Sociology
  • Geometry
  • Psychology
Q.8
Robert Louis Stevenson gained a degree in which field?
  • Medicine
  • Literature
  • Law
  • History
Q.9
Which book published in 1859 dramatically changed accepted views about nature?
  • On Liberty
  • The Origin of Species
  • Das Kapital
  • Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Q.10
"And still the figure had no face by which he might know it; even in his dreams, it had no face, or one that baffled him and melted before his eyes." To what use does Mr Utterson put his horrific dreams about Hyde?
  • He acts upon his dreams and decides to see Mr Hyde
  • He ignores his dreams, only later running into Hyde by chance
  • He dismisses his dreams as well as the idea that his friend is in danger
  • He asks a friend to interpret his dreams
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