WorksheetsJ&H and AIC
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is Utterson's first name?
Gideon
Gabriel
Garth
Gerald
What is Enfield's first name?
Richard
Robert
Raleigh
Raymond
What is Utterson's profession?
Doctor
Lawyer
Clergyman
Detective
With whom does Utterson take a weekly walk?
Poole
Lanyon
Jekyll
Enfield
What did Enfield see Hyde do late one night?
Murder someone
Break into Jekyll's house
Trample a girl
Steal bread
Why has Lanyon and Jekyll's friendship cooled?
They had a dispute over Jekyll's scientific enquiries
Lanyon found Jekyll's rundown laboratory unsettling
They both fell in love with the same woman
Jekyll stole Lanyon's research
When Utterson tells Jekyll that he has “been learning something of young Hyde," how does Jekyll respond?
He laughs and says that Utterson is lying
He claims never to have met Hyde
He admits everything
He turns pale and asks Utterson to change the subject
What happens to Jekyll after the Carew murder?
He becomes more sociable and returns to charitable work
He abandons science
He disappears
He becomes friends with Enfield
What does Lanyon give Utterson before he dies?
His will
A mysterious vial
A letter, not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Jekyll
A letter, not to be opened until the death or disappearance of Lanyon
In the weeks following his dinner party, what happens to Jekyll?
He slowly poisons himself
He goes mad
He locks himself in his laboratory and refuses to see anyone
He begs Poole for help
Why do the servants think that the man in the laboratory is not Jekyll?
He doesn't sound like Jekyll
He doesn't look like Jekyll
Jekyll is out of the country
Jekyll never goes in the laboratory
The novel plays heavily on the Victorian era tension between...?
Education and opportunity
Civilization and savagery
Men and women
Wealth and poverty
Although Hyde fully embodies evil, Jekyll does not fully embody...?
Kindness
Truth
Love
Virtue
With his depiction of Mr. Hyde eventually overcoming Dr. Jekyll, what is Stevenson implying?
Dominance of dark instincts
Dangers of science
Perils of individualism
Human rubbishness
What unique quality makes Utterson lovable despite his dullness?
Happy in any situation
Looks past reputation
Great storyteller
Gentle nature
After asserting that human nature is "truly two," which two figures does Dr. Jekyll use to symbolize inner contradiction and conflict?
Angel and fiend
Master and slave
Good cop and bad cop
Angel and dungeon
What specific behavior do Utterson and Enfield avoid so as not to compromise their reputations?
Lying
Spying
Gambling
Gossiping
Which feature of Stevenson's cityscape suggests a link between Mr. Hyde's crimes and his urban milieu?
Twisting streets
Open sewers
Unpaved roads
Tall buildings
What is the theory of physiognomy?
That male criminality was inherited and that male criminals could be identified by physical features.
That female criminals were genetically more ruthless than male criminals.
That criminality was inherited and that all criminals could be identified by physical features.
That causes of all crimes could not be explained.
What is meant by the term 'troglodytic'?
Deformed humans
Sea-dwellers
Aliens
Ancient, primitive human beings that lived in caves
Where is AIC set?
Bromley
Brumley
Birmingham
Leeds
What does Arthur believe is the most important thing a businessman can protect?
His moustache
Profits
Trade secrets
His workers
The Inspector’s political beliefs might be characterised as what?
Capitalist
Socialist
Anarchist
Communist
Into how many scenes is the play divided?
Three
Six
Four
The play does not have scenes
Who said, ‘I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty'?
Eric
Gerald
Mr Birling
The Inspector
Which technique is being used when Mr Birling says the Titanic is ‘unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’?
Pun
Comedy
Irony
Dramatic irony
What does ‘portentous’ mean?
Showing off
Loquacious
Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress
Very fancy
Which technique is being used here? 'A man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own - and - [We hear the sharp ring of a doorbell. Birling stops to listen]'
Dramatic tension
Use of contrasts
Entrances and sound effects
Mystery
Which one is an example of props and symbolism?
Sheila and her ring
Mrs Birling being 'cold'
The Inspector and his hat
Edna opening the door
What is suggested about the family and their home from the stage direction ‘substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike’?
The Birlings are rich
The Birlings are trying to hide their wealth
The Birlings are poor
The Birlings are middle class and live comfortably, but everything is done for show rather than for comfort
What are the elements of capitalism?
Profit, hard work, individuality
Responsibility, conscience, respect
Generosity, care, support
Selfishness, greed, sloth
JB Priestley is trying to show...
that Edna is an efficient servant
that the upper classes paid attention to the needs of their servants
that the upper class are unaware that the easy lives they lead rest upon the hard work of the lower classes
that Edna has a hard life
Which one is not a main theme?
Age
Responsibility
Class
Cooking
Eva Smith is a victim of...
Class
Jealousy
Working conditions
All of the above
How does Sheila react to the suggestion that she is responsible?
She laughs
She accepts that she is responsible but hopes that it is not down to her alone
She denies any responsibility
She accepts that she is entirely responsible
What does Arthur Birling suggest about the upper classes looking down on lower classes when talking to Gerald about his mother?
He suggests that it is not a good thing for the upper classes to do
He suggests that it is not a good thing for the lower classes to do
He suggests that he knows that the upper classes look down on lower classes but it is only natural
He suggests that class is not really an issue in pre-war Britain
Who calls the infirmary at the end?
Gerald
Mr Birling
Eric
Mrs Birling
Who says 'The point is, you don’t seem to have learnt anything'?
Gerald
Sheila
Eric
Edna
Who says 'Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank'?
Gerald
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
The Inspector
Who says 'After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens
and not criminals'?
Mr Birling
Mrs Birling
Edna
Gerald
