WorksheetsDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chapter 4 Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who does Mr. Hyde murder in chapter 4?
Poole
Dr. Lanyon
Mr. Enfield
Sir Danvers Carew
Mr Hyde almost always appears at night. What is this an example of, and why does Stevenson choose to do this? Select the best explanation for this from the list list below.
It is an example of symbolism. Stevenson does this to highlight the evil, secretive nature of Hyde.
It is an example of contrast to highlight the difference between Jekyll who is wholly good and Hyde who is simply evil.
Historically, Soho started out as a wealthy district of London. Unfortunately, by the time of Stevenson's novel it had gained a dark reputation as crime riddled and a centre for prostitution.
Read over the quote below and select three adjectives Stevenson uses to capture the grimness of the place.
"The dismal quarter of Soho seen under these changing glimpses, with its muddy ways, and slatternly passengers, and its lamps, which had never been extinguished or had been kindled afresh to combat this mournful reinvasion of darkness, seemed, in the lawyer’s eyes, like a district of some city in a nightmare."
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Pathetic fallacy is where the weather reflects human thoughts and/or feelings within the text.
Look at the examples below and select which quote uses pathetic fallacy to suggest Utterson is confused, and struggling to figure out what is going on.
''it seemed to breathe an such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition, yet with something high too.'
'A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours.'
'All of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger...carrying on like a madman.'
'The thoughts of his mind, besides, were of the gloomiest dye... he was conscious of that touch of some terror of the law.'
In which quote describing Mr Hyde is Stevenson influenced by Darwin and Lombroso's theories?
'She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy.'
'all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger.'
'with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot.'
'hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered.'
What is Hyde's Murder weapon?
his bare hands
a cane that Utterson had given Jekyll as a gift
a rope
his steel-toed boots
At the beginning of Chapter 4, what does a servant girl witness from a window?
A murder
Jekyll and Hyde meeting in secret
Jekyll transforming into Hyde
Hyde trampling a little child
Up to and including chapter 4, Mr Hyde has three victims: the young girl from Chapter 1, Sir Danvers Carew, who he murders in Chapter 4 and the maid who witnesses the killing of Sir Danvers Carew.
What do all these victims have in common?
They are all women or are described using effeminate language.
They are all innocent.
Each victim's "purity" creates a sharp contrast to Hyde's animalistic description.
They all highlight that Hyde is not just assaulting individuals but also social norms i.e. that children should not be harmed, women should be protected, upper class gentlemen are untouchable.
All of the above.
Which of the quotes below supports the idea that the work of Lombroso influenced Stevenson's description of Edward Hyde.
"Why, money's life to the man."
A flash of odious joy appeared upon the woman's face. "Ah!" Said she, "he is in trouble! What has he done?"
"...the next moment the fog settled down again on that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings."
On only one point were they agreed; and that was the haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders."
