Jekyll & Hyde: Chapter 8

How does Stevenson use pathetic fallacy at the beginning of the chapter?

• To reinforce the fear displayed by Poole, Jekyll's butler.

• To illustrate Utterson's confusion about the letter.

• To reflect the unclear nature of Jekyll's experiments.

• To evoke the sorrow surrounding Lanyon's death.

Why is Poole sweating at the beginning of the chapter?

• It is 'a long way from Utterson's home to Jekyll's house'.

• It has been a 'muggy evening'.

• Because he is feeling 'strangling anguish'.

• Because he just did 'patty-cake with Mr Hyde at an East London brothel'.

How are Jekyll's servants described?

• Like a toad in the hole

• Like a badger in the tailpipe

• Like a flock of sheep huddled together

• Like ferrets nibbling at your toe nails

How does Poole speak to the maid when she tries to speak and cried?

• With a warm and soothing voice.

• With a kind gesture and a quiet 'shhh'

• With a ferocity of accent.

• With a overwhelming shout.

What colour is the door to Jekyll's cabinet (how you enter his room)?

• Red baize

• Sickly green

• Pale

• Yellowing with antiquity

What is the first theory Poole tells Utterson?

• Jekyll has been 'made away with'

• Jekyll has 'gone into some kind of trance'

• Jekyll has been 'done in'

• Jekyll has been 'transformed into a monster'

What does Poole say is wrong with the drugs he brings back for Jekyll?

• They are not strong enough

• They are not the correct measures

• They are not pure enough

• They just aren't as good as they used to be back in the day

What does Poole compare the cries of the person behind the door to?

• A wolf

• A rat

• A dog

• A beaver

Complete this statement from Poole: 'My master is a tall, fine build of a man, and this was more of a...'

• Dwarf

• Devil

• Dugong

• Dog

Poole says he saw the person in the medical cabinet jump up like...

• A jack-in-a-box

• A devil

• A monkey

• Mason Sheehan trying to grab a lollipop