Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chapter 1 Quiz

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Chapter 1 questions

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1. In Enfield's story, what does the small man do to the girl at the street corner?
   He tramples over her and walks calmly on · He pushes her under a passing carriage · He strikes her with a heavy walking cane · He drags her in through the battered door
2. How is the matter with the girl's family finally settled?
   With a hundred pounds counted out in sovereigns · With ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the rest · With a cheque for a thousand pounds drawn on Coutts · With a banknote and the key to the battered door
3. What does Utterson's habit of inclining to "Cain's heresy" tell us about him?
   He believes wrongdoers should be hunted down · He holds family loyalty above the law itself · He lets friends go wrong without reproaching them · He distrusts any man who keeps a private life
4. What does the contrast between the thriving street and the blind, blistered door suggest?
   That trade has driven the rich out of the city · That the whole district has sunk into poverty · That the building was abandoned long ago · That respectability has a neglected back entrance
5. What do Utterson and Enfield agree before the chapter closes?
   Never to mention the matter of the door again · To ask Dr Jekyll about his new friend · To take what they know to the police at once · To watch the door together the next Sunday

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