The Strange Case Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The novella opens describing Mr. Utterson through a series of opposites. He is "a man of rugged countenance … yet somehow lovable. He ―enjoyed the theater,‖ yet had not been in more than twenty years." What is the reader seeing with Utterson?

• The complex dualities that exist within humans, even on a simple level.

• That Utterson is an unlikable person.

• That Utterson is a boring man and incapable of imagining his own duality.

• The reader is seeing how Dr. Jekyll views Utterson.

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What do Utterson and Enfield see that reminds Enfield of a story?

• A little girl

• A mysterious man

• A door

• A check

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What detail does Enfield not include in his story?

• That a little girl was trampled

• That he believes a prominent man is being blackmailed

• That he forced Hyde to give the girl’s family a check

• That the check was signed by Dr. Jekyll

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What does Utterson reveal that he knows about Enfield’s story?

• Utterson knows who signed the check.

• Utterson knows Mr. Hyde.

• As a lawyer, Utterson represents the girl’s family.

• Utterson signed the check.

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How does Utterson feel about Dr. Jekyll’s will?

• He plans to execute the will without question, as expected.

• The will offends him.

• Utterson is concerned for Dr. Jekyll’s health because of the will.

• He keeps the will locked in a safe and he has never viewed it.

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When Utterson finally looks over the will, what bothers him about it?

• The will implies that Jekyll may soon be a victim of foul play.

• He has never met Mr. Hyde.

• He is upset that Jekyll did not trust in him to write the will.

• It reveals that Jekyll is suffering from a rare mental disorder

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What does Utterson learn when he visits Dr. Lanyon?

• Jekyll has been leading a dual life.

• Jekyll stole Lanyon’s scientific research.

• Lanyon and Jekyll have not been friends for ten years.

• Lanyon and Jekyll have been working together on a secret experiment.

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Lanyon also reveals that—

• he is dying of tuberculosis.

• Jekyll began his experiments to save his wife.

• he fears for Jekyll’s life.

• he has never met Hyde.

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Lanyon tells Utterson the following about Jekyll’s scientific studies:

• "Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me."

• "He is mad. Absolutely mad, I tell you."

• "Jekyll is in league with Mr. Hyde."

• "There is evil afoot. Jekyll’s butler, Poole, has told me as much."

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Lanyon vows to aid Utterson in his pursuit of Mr. Hyde.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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