Jekyll and Hyde

"The man trampled calmly over the child's body…"

Mr. Enfield

"I incline to Cain's heresy…"

Mr. Utterson

"Name your figure."

Mr. Hyde

"God bless me, the man seems hardly human!"

Mr. Utterson

"If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek."

Mr. Utterson

"If I ever read Satan's signature upon a face…"

Dr. Lanyon

"I can be rid of Mr. Hyde on a turn of a specialty."

Dr. Jekyll

"The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale…"

Robert Louis Stevenson

"And next moment, with ape-like fury…"

Robert Louis Stevenson

"A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven."

Robert Louis Stevenson

"I have received a lesson—O, such a lesson…"

Dr. Jekyll

"The two hands are in many points identical…"

Mr. Guest

"I have had a shock… and I shall never recover."

Dr. Lanyon

"If we know more of these secrets…"

Mr. Utterson

"We are not to blame for this…"

Mr. Utterson

"That thing in the mask was never Dr. Jekyll."

Poole

"O God! I screamed, and O God! again and again."

Poole

"O God!' I screamed… was Edward Hyde!"

Dr. Lanyon

"Man is not truly one, but truly two."

Dr. Henry Jekyll

"My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring."

Dr. Henry Jekyll

"I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end."

Dr. Henry Jekyll

What is Mr. Utterson's profession?

Lawyer

Who is Mr. Utterson's relative with whom he takes weekly walks?

Mr. Richard Enfield

What horrifying action does Mr. Hyde commit in Chapter 1?

He tramples a young girl in the street.

How does Mr. Hyde pay off the family of the girl he trampled?

With a check signed by Dr. Jekyll.

What is unusual about the door that Mr. Hyde uses in Chapter 1?

It has no bell or knocker and is dilapidated, but leads to Jekyll's house.

What is specified in Dr. Jekyll's original will?

All his possessions go to Mr. Hyde if Jekyll dies or disappears for over 3 months.

Why did Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll stop being close friends?

They disagreed over Jekyll's "unscientific balderdash" and radical experiments.

Which character says the famous line, "If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek"?

Mr. Utterson

Where is Mr. Hyde's apartment located?

Soho, London

What physical reaction do people have when they see Mr. Hyde?

They feel immediate revulsion, disgust, and sense a moral/physical deformity.

Who witnesses the murder of Sir Danvers Carew?

A maid servant looking out her window.

What weapon is used to murder Sir Danvers Carew?

A heavy cane given to Dr. Jekyll by Mr. Utterson.

What position did Sir Danvers Carew hold?

He was a respected Member of Parliament (MP).

What item of Carew's was found at the crime scene addressed to Mr. Utterson?

A sealed letter.

What evidence does Utterson find in Hyde's Soho apartment after the murder?

The other half of the broken murder cane and a partially burned checkbook.

What does Mr. Guest discover about the handwriting of Jekyll and Hyde?

Their handwritings are identical, just slanted in opposite directions.

What change comes over Dr. Jekyll in the weeks following Hyde's disappearance?

He becomes sociable, philanthropic, and appears at peace.

What sudden change happens to Dr. Lanyon in Chapter 6?

He becomes fatally ill and refuses to talk about Dr. Jekyll.

What does Lanyon give Utterson before he dies?

A sealed envelope marked "Not to be opened till the death or disappearance of Dr. Jekyll."

What happens during the "Incident at the Window" in Chapter 7?

Jekyll suddenly gets a look of horror on his face and slams the window shut on Utterson and Enfield.

Who comes to Utterson asking for help on "The Last Night"?

Poole, Jekyll's butler.

What has the person locked inside Jekyll's cabinet been frantically asking for?

A specific pure chemical/drug from the apothecary.

Why do the servants believe the man in the lab is not Dr. Jekyll?

The voice is different, the figure is smaller, and he wears a mask.

What tool do Utterson and Poole use to break into the laboratory cabinet?

An axe and a crowbar.

Whose body do Utterson and Poole find on the floor of the laboratory?

Mr. Hyde, dead from taking poison, wearing clothes too big for him.

What three documents are found on the desk in Jekyll's lab?

A revised will, a note to Utterson, and a sealed packet containing Jekyll's confession.

What horrifying event did Dr. Lanyon witness in his home that caused his fatal shock?

Mr. Hyde drinking a potion and transforming into Dr. Jekyll.

Why did Dr. Jekyll create the potion in the first place?

To separate human nature into good and evil sides.

Why did Mr. Hyde gradually become stronger than Dr. Jekyll?

Jekyll indulged his evil side too often, giving Hyde control.

What was the ultimate flaw with the initial potion that Jekyll created?

The original batch relied on an impure salt that could not be replicated.

What is the name of Dr. Jekyll's butler?

Poole

What author wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Robert Louis Stevenson

In what year was the novella published?

1886

In what city is the story set?

London

What literary theme is central to Jekyll's division into Hyde?

The Duality of Human Nature

What Victorian societal expectation forces Jekyll to suppress his darker urges?

Repression and maintaining respectability

What does the term "physiognomy" mean in relation to Hyde's appearance?

The belief that a person's outer appearance reflects their inner moral character.

What is the title of Chapter 1?

Story of the Door

What is the title of Chapter 10?

Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case

What does Hyde leave at the scene of Danvers Carew's murder?

Half of his broken walking stick.

How long has Poole worked for Dr. Jekyll?

Twenty years.

What color is the potion when Lanyon first mixes the ingredients for Hyde?

Red, then turns dark purple, then bright green.

How does Jekyll describe his feelings when he first transformed into Hyde?

Younger, lighter, happier in body, and intensely evil.

What happens to Jekyll while sleeping in Regent's Park without taking the potion?

He spontaneously transforms into Hyde without taking the potion.

What does Mr. Utterson's clerk, Mr. Guest, specialize in?

Analyzing handwriting.

Why does Hyde commit suicide at the end of the story?

He is trapped in the room and faces execution for murder if captured.

How does Utterson represent the typical Victorian gentleman?

He is reserved, cautious, avoids scandal, and loyal to friends.

What motif in the novel represents secrecy and hidden truths?

Doors and locks.

What does Jekyll state is the true downfall of his experiment?

His own moral weakness and desire for pleasure without consequence.

What happens to Jekyll's fortune in his final updated will?

He leaves everything to Mr. Utterson.

What figure of speech is used when Hyde attacks Carew with "ape-like fury"?

Simile / Zoomorphism (comparing Hyde's violence to an animal).

What metaphor is used when Utterson vows, "If he be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek"?

Pun / Metaphor (playing on the game hide-and-seek to describe his detective pursuit).

What figure of speech is used when Hyde reacts with a "hissing intake of the breath"?

Onomatopoeia / Zoomorphism (comparing Hyde's sound to a snake).

What sensory imagery is created when London is described as a "drowning city" under "chocolate-colored fog"?

Visual imagery (evoking a suffocating, dark atmosphere of secrecy).

What figure of speech is used when Jekyll describes his soul as a "battlefield" of good and evil?

Metaphor (comparing internal moral struggle to military combat).

What literary device personifies London streets as "silent as a churchyard" at night?

Personification / Simile (giving the inanimate city a dead, eerie quality).

What figure of speech is used when Hyde is described as a "Juggernaut" crushing the child?

Metaphor / Allusion (comparing Hyde to an unstoppable, destructive force).

What metaphor does Jekyll use when he refers to Hyde as his "thick cloak" of anonymity?

Metaphor (comparing Hyde to clothing that hides his true identity).

What sensory imagery is used when Poole describes hearing the creature "weeping like a woman or a lost soul"?

Auditory imagery / Simile (evoking pity and horror through painful sound).

What figure of speech is used when Jekyll says he felt "younger, lighter, happier in body" after drinking the potion?

Rule of three / Triad (emphasizing the physical euphoria of release).

What does Mr. Hyde's small, deformed appearance symbolize?

Symbolism (representing Jekyll's underdeveloped, long-repressed evil nature).

What does the contrast between Jekyll's grand house and Hyde's shabby rear door represent?

Symbolism (architectural representation of human duality and hypocrisy).

What does the persistent London fog symbolize throughout the novel?

Symbolism (representing moral obscurity, hidden truth, and Victorian secrecy).

What type of irony occurs when Utterson suspects Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll, unaware they are the same person?

Dramatic irony (the reader eventually learns the truth that Utterson misinterprets).

What type of irony occurs when Jekyll claims he can get rid of Hyde whenever he chooses?

Situational irony (Jekyll eventually loses control and becomes trapped by Hyde).

What is ironic about Dr. Lanyon dying from shock after witnessing Hyde's transformation?

Situational irony (the doctor who dismissed Jekyll's work as nonsense is killed by its reality).

What is ironic about Hyde committing suicide at the end of the novella?

Situational irony (in destroying himself to escape execution, Hyde also destroys Jekyll).

How does Hyde's initial animalistic behavior foreshadow his actions later in the book?

Foreshadowing (his early wild aggression hints at his eventual uncontrolled murder of Carew).

How does Jekyll's sudden look of horror at the window foreshadow the climax?

Foreshadowing (hints at his losing control over involuntary transformations into Hyde).

How does Guest discovering that Hyde's handwriting is identical to Jekyll's (just slanted) serve as foreshadowing?

Foreshadowing (reveals the psychological and physical link between Jekyll and Hyde).