Q.1
What is the immediate context to this passage?
  • Mr Utterson has just surprised Mr Hyde at the door to Dr Jekyll's lab
  • Mr Utterson is reading Dr Lanyon's written account of a mysterious visit from Mr Hyde
  • Mr Hyde has just murdered Sir Danvers Carew
  • Mr Hyde has just trampled the girl on the street corner
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Dr Lanyon reveals that Dr Jekyll, as his alter-ego, is responsible for the murder of Sir Danvers Carew
  • The novella ends abruptly
  • Dr Lanyon dies
  • Mr Hyde commits suicide
Q.3
Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?
  • Dull
  • Solemn
  • Restrained
  • Suspenseful
Q.4
Which of the following words from the passage refers both to the potion and to Dr Jekyll's relationship to Mr Hyde?
  • Minims
  • Effervesce
  • Metamorphoses
  • Scrutiny
Q.5
Which one of the following lines suggests that curiosity is irresistible to Dr Lanyon?
  • "But I have gone too far in the way of inexplicable services to pause before I see the end"
  • "You will perhaps not wonder that I hear you with no very strong impression of belief"
  • "You speak enigmas"
  • "'Sir,' said I, affecting a coolness that I was far from truly possessing"
Q.6
Which one of the following is true?
  • Dr Jekyll's experiments have made him more humble
  • Dr Jekyll's experiments have made him more tolerant of others with whom he disagrees
  • Dr Jekyll's experiments have made him more cautious
  • Dr Jekyll's experiments have made him believe that he is greater than other scientists
Q.7
What effect is created by Mr Hyde's run of rhetorical questions?
  • It is almost as if he is talking to himself
  • He attempts to increase the temptation which he believes Dr Lanyon to feel
  • He speaks as if he knows precisely what decision Dr Lanyon will make
  • All of the above
Q.8
"Think before you answer, for it shall be done as you decide. As you decide, you shall be left as you were before, and neither richer nor wiser, unless the sense of service rendered to a man in mortal distress may be counted as a kind of riches of the soul." Why is it important that Dr Lanyon must choose or refuse the knowledge being offered here?
  • Dr Jekyll (as Mr Hyde) is just behaving in a courteous manner
  • Dr Jekyll (as Mr Hyde) wishes Dr Lanyon to replicate his own moment of decision when he first chose to test his scientific theories
  • Mr Hyde enjoys having an audience
  • Mr Hyde is unable to drink the potion unless Dr Lanyon permits it
Q.9
Following the previous question, why is the reference to Satan important?
  • The name is used because it alliterates with "stagger"
  • The name adds to the sense of horror in this passage, making this the first dreadful scene in the novella
  • The scene symbolizes the temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
  • It is not relevant or important
Q.10
In the fifth paragraph, which of the following uses of language helps to create a horrific image of transformation?
  • Reeled, staggered, clutched
  • Injected, open, thought
  • Swell, melt, alter
  • Shield, prodigy, submerged
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