Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Characters Quiz
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson · 10 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 8 min
Test your knowledge of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with 10 characters questions with answers and explanations — motives, relationships and how characters change. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole novella.
Motives, relationships and how characters change. Drawn from the whole novella — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Character · Difficulty: Standard
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Characters questions
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- 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
- What does Utterson's pun about being "Mr Seek" reveal?
That he finds the whole affair ridiculous · That he has made the search his private duty · That he means to hand the case to the police · That he suspects Hyde is a figure of dreams
- How is Jekyll described as he sits with his guests?
A small, slight man with a restless step · A red-faced, hearty man of about forty · A pale, stooping man nearing seventy · A large, smooth-faced man of about fifty
- What does Jekyll swear to Utterson about Hyde in this scene?
That Hyde is innocent of the murder · That Hyde must be helped out of England · That Hyde is hiding in the laboratory · That he will never set eyes on him again
- How does Lanyon look when Utterson calls on him?
Angry and demanding to see Jekyll · Calm and busy with a new experiment · Cheerful but complaining of the cold · As if his death sentence were on his face
- What crosses Jekyll's face in mid-sentence, just before the window shuts?
Abject terror and despair · A flush of anger at Enfield · A sudden boyish delight · A dull and settled indifference
- How does Lanyon arrange to receive the midnight visitor?
He locks the drawer in the surgery · He sends his servants away for the night · He waits up alone with a revolver · He asks Utterson to sit up with him
- What first warns Jekyll that the change no longer waits on his choice?
He wakes in his own bed as Hyde · Lanyon refuses to send him the salt · He forgets the formula for the tincture · Poole finds him asleep in the cabinet
- Why is Utterson well suited to be the novella's lens?
He narrates the final confession himself · He is Jekyll's physician as well as lawyer · He is the only man who ever meets Hyde · His dry discretion makes him a reliable witness
- What does Lanyon's quarrel with Jekyll's science represent?
Rivalry for the same wealthy patients · Orthodox medicine against forbidden inquiry · A disagreement about Hyde's treatment · A dispute over credit for a discovery
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What does the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Characters quiz cover?
10 characters questions drawn from every part of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Motives, relationships and how characters change. It tests character at standard level.
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Yes — it draws on the whole novella, including the ending.
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