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J&H

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

With whom is Mr. Utterson conversing when he first hears about Mr. Hyde?

a)

Chief of Police

b)

Danvers Carew

c)

Mr. Enfield

d)

Dr. Jekyll

2.

When Utterson visits Jekyll following the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, what does Dr. Jekyll show him?

a)

Mr. Hyde's goodbye note

b)

The murder weapon

c)

Mr. Hyde's outfit

d)

A diary

3.

After slamming the window on Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield, where does Dr. Jekyll seclude himself?

a)

The bathroom

b)

The servants' quarters

c)

His laboratory

d)

His living room

4.

Who dies of shock after witnessing Mr. Hyde transform into Dr. Jekyll?

a)

Mr. Utterson

b)

Dr. Lanyon

c)

Mr. Guest

d)

Mr. Poole

5.

According to Jekyll’s letter to Utterson, what ultimately prevents Mr. Hyde from transforming back into Dr. Jekyll?

a)

Mr. Hyde's guilty conscience

b)

Mr. Hyde's hatred of Dr. Jekyll

c)

It's midnight

d)

There's no more of the potion

6.

Which countries comprise Great Britain?

a)

England & Scotland

b)

England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland

c)

Scotland & Wales

d)

England, Scotland & Wales

7.

Which countries comprise The United Kingdom?

a)

England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland

b)

Scotland & Wales

c)

It's just England

d)

England & Ireland

8.

Who is the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

William Golding

c)

Duke Richard Spencer

d)

Robert Louis Stevenson

9.

The novella heavily focuses on the tensions between

a)

rich and poor

b)

educated and uneducated

c)

men and women

d)

civility and savagery

10.

What is Utterson’s profession?

a)

doctor

b)

scientist

c)

lawyer

d)

professor

11.

With whom does Utterson take a weekly walk?

a)

Enfield

b)

Jekyll

c)

Poole

d)

Stevenson

12.

What did Enfield see Hyde do late one night?

a)

break into Jekyll's house

b)

shoot a man

c)

steal food

d)

trample a girl

13.

Whom does Jekyll’s will initially specify as his heir?

a)

Hyde

b)

Lanyon

c)

Poole

d)

Guest

14.

How does Utterson first meet Hyde?

a)

Utterson stakes out the door to Jekyll’s laboratory, where Hyde has been known to come

b)

He goes to Hyde's home

c)

They meet at a dinner party

d)

Hyde visits Utterson with a legal question

15.

How do the characters in the novel describe Hyde?

a)

They can't describe him because they are paralyzed with fear.

b)

They say he has an ugly scar across his face.

c)

They say he looks oddly similar to Jekyll but liked a warped version of him.

d)

They say he is ugly and deformed but cannot say exactly why.

16.

When Utterson tells Jekyll that he has “been learning something of young Hyde," how does Jekyll respond?

a)

He laughs and says Utterson is lying.

b)

He says he's never met Hyde.

c)

He confesses everything.

d)

He turns pale and begs Utterson to change the subject.

17.

What does a servant girl witness from a window?

a)

Jekyll transforming into Hyde

b)

Mr. Hyde murdering Sir Danvers Carew

c)

Jekyll and Hyde meeting in secret

d)

Hyde trampling a little girl

18.

Who leads the police to Hyde’s home?

a)

Mr. Guest

b)

Mr. Utterson

c)

Mr. Poole

d)

Hyde himself

19.

What is Poole’s position?

a)

He is Jekyll's butler

b)

He is Jekyll's lab assistant

c)

He is Jekyll's financial manager

d)

He is Jekyll's priest

20.

What happens to Hyde after the Carew murder?

a)

He kills Jekyll

b)

He leaves the country

c)

His body is found in a van down by the river

d)

He disappears

21.

What happens to Jekyll after the Carew murder?

a)

He leaves the country

b)

He becomes more social and devotes himself to good works

c)

He abandons his medical practice

d)

He disappears

22.

What does Mr. Guest tell Utterson about the handwriting on the letter from Hyde?

a)

It was written by a left-handed person

b)

He's never seen anything like it

c)

It matches Dr. Jekyll's handwriting

d)

It's illegible

23.

What does Lanyon give Utterson before he dies?

a)

A letter not to be opened until Dr. Jekyll's death or disappearance

b)

A box not to be opened until Lanyon's death

c)

A mysterious vial of liquid

d)

His estate

24.

In the weeks following his dinner party, what happens to Jekyll?

a)

He goes to church regularly

b)

He slowly poisons himself

c)

He plots to kill Utterson

d)

He locks himself in his laboratory and refuses to see anyone

25.

Where do Enfield and Utterson see Jekyll one day during his seclusion?

a)

At Hyde's apartment

b)

At the window of his laboratory

c)

At Lanyon's funeral

d)

Near Buckingham Palace

26.

Who summons Utterson to Jekyll’s house near the end of the novel?

a)

Hyde

b)

Enfield

c)

Jekyll himself

d)

Poole

27.

Why do the servants think that the man in the laboratory is not Jekyll?

a)

Jekyll has left the country

b)

Jekyll is dead

c)

Jekyll never goes into the laboratory

d)

His voice is different than Jekyll's

28.

Who does Utterson find in the laboratory after breaking down the door?

a)

Jekyll lying dead

b)

Hyde lying dead

c)

Hyde, partially transformed into Jekyll

d)

Utterson

29.

What horrifying event does Lanyon write about having witnessed?

a)

Hyde transforming into Jekyll

b)

Jekyll transforming into Hyde

c)

Hyde committing suicide

d)

Jekyll committing suicide

30.

Who is Hyde?

a)

Jekyll's twin brother

b)

Jekyll's insane brother

c)

Jekyll in disguise

d)

Jekyll's dark side, embodied in a separate being

31.

What brings Hyde into being?

a)

A blow to the head

b)

A magic book of spells

c)

A potion, concocted by Jekyll

d)

An ancient curse

32.

Initially, why does Jekyll turn himself into Hyde?

a)

He enjoys it

b)

He wants to escape his nagging wife

c)

It was a dare

d)

He wants to murder Lanyon

33.

How does Jekyll deal with Hyde in the end?

a)

He has an exorcism

b)

He involuntarily becomes Hyde and Hyde commits suicide

c)

He jumps out of the second floor of his laboratory

d)

He drowns himself

34.

The novel questions whether what is in one's nature?

a)

Violence

b)

Goodness

c)

Optimism

d)

Spirituality

35.

Victorian England is known for _____________.

a)

Spiritualism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Repression

d)

Imperialism

36.

In the novella, ___________________ is used as a cover for supernatural activities.

a)

science

b)

math

c)

history

d)

good manners

37.

What ended Lanyon and Jekyll's friendship?

a)

They each loved the same woman

b)

Jekyll stole Lanyon's research

c)

They had a dispute over Jekyll's scientific inquiries

d)

Jekyll couldn't rely on Lanyon

38.

What does "memento mori" mean?

a)

Remember, you must die

b)

Death brings new life

c)

You can take nothing with you in death

d)

After death, nothing

39.

When was the Victorian era?

a)

the late 1900s

b)

Post WWII

c)

1790-1850

d)

1837-1901

40.

The novel explores the Victorians' suppression of and secret interest in life and doing good works.

a)

True

b)

True, only the exact opposite-- it explores their secret interest in death and the dark side of human desire and behavior.