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Question 1

In Jekyll and Hyde, who wrote The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
  1. Robert Louis Stevenson
  2. Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. Bram Stoker
  4. Charles Dickens

Question 2

Jekyll and Hyde was first published in which year?
  1. 1886
  2. 1859
  3. 1894
  4. 1901

Question 3

In Jekyll and Hyde, the novella is set mainly in which city?
  1. London
  2. Edinburgh
  3. Paris
  4. Vienna

Question 4

In Jekyll and Hyde, who is the main viewpoint character for most of the novella?
  1. Mr Utterson
  2. Dr Jekyll
  3. Mr Hyde
  4. Dr Lanyon

Question 5

In Jekyll and Hyde, what is Mr Utterson's profession?
  1. Lawyer
  2. Doctor
  3. Journalist
  4. Police detective

Question 6

In Jekyll and Hyde, who is Utterson's walking companion in Chapter 1?
  1. Mr Enfield
  2. Dr Lanyon
  3. Poole
  4. Mr Guest

Question 7

In Jekyll and Hyde, who is Dr Jekyll's butler?
  1. Poole
  2. Guest
  3. Utterson
  4. Enfield

Question 8

Whom does Hyde murder with a cane?
  1. Danvers Carew
  2. Henry Jekyll
  3. Hastie Lanyon
  4. Gabriel Utterson

Question 9

In the opening incident of Jekyll and Hyde, what does Hyde trample?
  1. Young girl
  2. Law clerk
  3. Maid
  4. Doctor

Question 10

In Jekyll and Hyde, which document first alarms Utterson about Hyde?
  1. Jekyll's will
  2. Carew's diary
  3. A police report
  4. Lanyon's prescription

Question 11

In Jekyll and Hyde, who analyses the handwriting and sees similarities?
  1. Mr Guest
  2. Poole
  3. Inspector Newcomen
  4. Enfield

Question 12

In Jekyll and Hyde, who witnesses Hyde's transformation into Jekyll?
  1. Dr Lanyon
  2. Mr Utterson
  3. Poole
  4. Mr Guest

Question 13

Which theme is central to Jekyll and Hyde?
  1. Human duality
  2. Romantic destiny
  3. Social mobility
  4. Colonial rivalry

Question 14

In Jekyll and Hyde, who says "man is not truly one, but truly two"?
  1. Dr Jekyll
  2. Mr Utterson
  3. Dr Lanyon
  4. Mr Enfield

Question 15

In Jekyll and Hyde, who says "my devil had been long caged"?
  1. Dr Jekyll
  2. Mr Utterson
  3. Dr Lanyon
  4. Poole

Question 16

In Jekyll and Hyde, who describes Hyde as "troglodytic"?
  1. Mr Utterson
  2. Dr Jekyll
  3. Dr Lanyon
  4. Poole

Question 17

In Jekyll and Hyde, who reports Hyde "trampled calmly" over the girl?
  1. Mr Enfield
  2. Mr Utterson
  3. Poole
  4. Dr Lanyon

Question 18

In Jekyll and Hyde, what is described as "ape-like fury"?
  1. Hyde's violence
  2. Utterson's fear
  3. Lanyon's illness
  4. Poole's loyalty

Question 19

In Jekyll and Hyde, Hyde is often linked to which London district?
  1. Soho
  2. Mayfair
  3. Chelsea
  4. Bloomsbury

Question 20

What does the contrast between Jekyll's two entrances suggest?
  1. Public respectability versus hidden vice
  2. Old wealth versus new money
  3. Science versus religion
  4. City life versus countryside

Question 21

Why is Utterson an effective viewpoint character?
  1. He reveals the mystery gradually
  2. He enters Jekyll's thoughts directly
  3. He provides expert police evidence
  4. He participates in Hyde's crimes

Question 22

What does delaying Jekyll's confession create?
  1. Suspenseful revelation
  2. Comic relief
  3. Romantic closure
  4. Historical context

Question 23

In Jekyll and Hyde, which best describes Dr Lanyon's view of Jekyll's experiments?
  1. He calls them unscientific and wrong
  2. He fully supports them
  3. He hides them from Utterson
  4. He repeats them himself

Question 24

Which Victorian debate is invoked by Jekyll's experiments?
  1. Science versus religion
  2. Industry versus craftsmanship
  3. Empire versus isolation
  4. Monarchy versus democracy

Question 25

Why does Utterson initially suppress scandal around Jekyll?
  1. Protect Jekyll's reputation
  2. Preserve police evidence
  3. Secure Jekyll's property
  4. Hide his own crimes

Question 26

Which part of Jekyll does Hyde embody?
  1. Repressed desires
  2. Scientific ambition
  3. Social respectability
  4. Religious conscience

Question 27

In Jekyll and Hyde, what does Jekyll hope to achieve through his experiment?
  1. To separate good and evil in one person
  2. To conceal good and evil in one person
  3. To balance good and evil in one person
  4. To destroy good and evil in one person

Question 28

What does Jekyll fear after Carew's murder?
  1. Hyde taking over permanently
  2. Police tracing Hyde to him
  3. The potion formula failing
  4. Utterson exposing the will

Question 29

In Jekyll and Hyde, which character is described as careful and repressed?
  1. Mr Utterson
  2. Mr Hyde
  3. Poole
  4. Sir Danvers Carew

Question 30

When do Hyde's crimes mostly occur?
  1. At night
  2. At dawn
  3. At midday
  4. In early evening

Question 31

Why does Utterson recognise Carew's murder cane?
  1. He gave it to Jekyll
  2. Enfield carried it daily
  3. Lanyon labelled it
  4. Police had shown it before

Question 32

After Carew's murder, the cane links Hyde to whom?
  1. Jekyll
  2. Utterson
  3. Lanyon
  4. Poole

Question 33

In Jekyll and Hyde, which document gives Utterson the final explanation?
  1. Jekyll's confession
  2. Enfield's notebook
  3. Police verdict
  4. Carew's will

Question 34

What is revealed about Jekyll and Hyde at the end?
  1. They are the same person
  2. They are brothers
  3. They are business partners
  4. They are unrelated rivals

Question 35

In Jekyll and Hyde, what does Stevenson's description of fog and darkness mainly create?
  1. Gothic atmosphere
  2. Comic mood
  3. Rural idyll
  4. Romantic ending

Question 36

What do letters and statements do in the novella?
  1. Reveal truth in stages
  2. Keep chronology strictly linear
  3. Let Hyde narrate events
  4. Resolve the mystery immediately

Question 37

Which Victorian idea shapes Hyde's less-evolved portrayal?
  1. Darwinian evolution
  2. Germ theory
  3. Utilitarian reform
  4. Laissez-faire economics

Question 38

How is Jekyll's social status presented?
  1. Respected gentleman-doctor
  2. Impoverished researcher
  3. Aristocratic politician
  4. Working-class clerk

Question 39

What does Utterson try to protect for Jekyll?
  1. Professional reputation
  2. Property inheritance
  3. Scientific patent
  4. Political appointment

Question 40

Which warning does the ending reinforce?
  1. Unchecked desire can destroy the self
  2. Science guarantees moral progress
  3. Reputation matters more than conduct
  4. Evil can be isolated safely

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