Q.1
"From that time forward, Mr Utterson began to haunt the door in the by-street of shops"
  • In pursuit of the "elusive Mr Hyde", Mr Utterson becomes a ghostly figure when he "haunts" the spot where he hopes to find the man
  • In pursuit of the elusive Mr Hyde, Mr Utterson becomes a "ghostly" figure "haunting" the spot where he hopes to find the man
  • In pursuit of the elusive Mr Hyde, Mr Utterson becomes a ghostly figure who "began to haunt" the spot where he hopes to find the man
  • In pursuit of the elusive Mr Hyde, Mr Utterson becomes a ghostly figure who began to haunt the spot where he hopes to find the man
Q.2
"And this again, that that insurgent horror was knit to him closer than a wife, closer than an eye; lay caged in his flesh, where he heard it mutter and struggle to be born"
  • In his confession, Dr Jekyll refers to the feeling of Mr Hyde as a creature caged in his flesh, wanting to be "born"
  • In his confession, Dr Jekyll refers to the feeling of Mr Hyde as a creature "caged in his flesh", "wanting to be born"
  • In his confession, Dr Jekyll refers to the feeling of Mr Hyde as a "creature" "caged in his flesh", wanting to be born
  • In his confession, Dr Jekyll refers to the feeling of Mr Hyde as a creature "caged in his flesh", wanting to be "born"
Q.3
"'That is just what I was about to venture to propose,' returned the doctor with a smile. But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below. They saw it but for a glimpse, for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word"
  • The two men believe someone else to be present with Dr Jekyll, an impression emphasized by the passive phrase: the window was instantly thrust down
  • The two men believe someone else to be present with Dr Jekyll, an impression emphasized by the passive phrase: the window was instantly "thrust down"
  • By not specifying who "instantly thrust the window down", the text encourages the impression that Dr Jekyll is being kept prisoner by someone who frightens him
  • By not specifying who closed the window so suddenly, the text encourages the impression that Dr Jekyll is being kept prisoner by someone who frightens him
Q.4
"In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men"
  • The beginning of the novel foreshadows Dr Jekyll's downfall, with Mr Utterson as his "last reputable acquaintance"
  • The beginning of the novel foreshadows Dr Jekyll's downfall, with Mr Utterson as his last reputable acquaintance
  • The beginning of the novel foreshadows Dr Jekyll's "downfall", with Mr Utterson as his "last reputable acquaintance"
  • The beginning of the novel foreshadows Dr Jekyll's "downfall", with Mr Utterson as his last reputable acquaintance
Q.5
"As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass"
  • Soho, where Mr Hyde has an address, is characterized as poor, shabby, multicultural and immoral
  • Soho is shown to be inhabited by the neglected, unsheltered, and poor: its children are "ragged" and "huddled in the doorways"
  • Soho is shown to be dingy and poor; mentions of money are to very small amounts: "penny numbers and twopenny salads"
  • All of the above
Q.6
"The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh; and the next moment, with extraordinary quickness, he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house"
  • The juxtaposition of the word, snarled, with, savage laugh, emphasizes Mr Hyde's wild passions
  • The juxtaposition of the word "snarled" with "savage laugh" emphasizes Mr Hyde's wild passions
  • The juxtaposition of the word "snarled" with "savage" laugh emphasizes Mr Hyde's wild passions
  • The juxtaposition of the word snarled with "savage" laugh emphasizes Mr Hyde's wild passions
Q.7
"Right in the midst there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde"
  • The use of the word it to refer to Hyde continues the impression of his being inhuman, while also hinting that he is already dead
  • The use of the word "it" to refer to Hyde continues the impression of his being inhuman, while also hinting that he is already dead
  • The use of the word "it" to refer to "Hyde" continues the impression of his being "inhuman", while also hinting that he is already dead
  • The use of the word "it" to refer to Hyde continues the impression of his being inhuman, while also hinting that he is already "dead"
Q.8
"Strange to relate, this ludicrous accoutrement was far from moving me to laughter. Rather, as there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me — something seizing, surprising and revolting — this fresh disparity seemed but to fit in with and to reinforce it"
  • Dr Lanyon, like all others who see Mr Hyde, is struck by how unnatural he appears, writing: "there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me"
  • "There was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me." Dr Lanyon says.
  • Dr Lanyon is disturbed by the unnatural appearance of Mr Hyde: there was something abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence of the creature that now faced me
  • Dr Lanyon, like all others who see Mr Hyde, is struck by how unnatural he appears: there was something "abnormal and misbegotten in the very essence" of the creature that now faced him
Q.9
"'This Master Hyde, if he were studied,' thought he, 'must have secrets of his own: black secrets, by the look of him; secrets compared to which poor Jekyll's worst would be like sunshine'"
  • Although he is not aware that the two men are one, Mr Utterson neatly divides the halves of Jekyll's character into black secrets and sunshine
  • Although he is not aware that the two men are one, Mr Utterson neatly divides the halves of Jekyll's character into "black secrets" and sunshine
  • Although he is not aware that the two men are one, Mr Utterson neatly divides the halves of Jekyll's character into "black secrets" and "sunshine"
  • Although he is not aware that the "two men" are one, Mr Utterson neatly divides the halves of Jekyll's character into "black secrets" and "sunshine"
Q.10
"'Tut-tut,' said Mr Utterson; and then after a considerable pause, 'Can't I do anything?' he inquired. 'We are three very old friends, Lanyon; we shall not live to make others'"
  • Mr Utterson says Tut-tut to his "old friend", Dr Lanyon
  • Mr Utterson thinks Dr Lanyon should be more forgiving of "their old friend"
  • Mr Utterson's disapproving "Tut-tut" is an example of the social disapproval which the characters of the novella try so hard to avoid
  • Mr Utterson expresses his disapproval of Dr Lanyon with his Tut-tut
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