Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Plot recall Quiz

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Plot recall 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. Which clause in Jekyll's will most disturbs Utterson?
   Poole is left the house and the laboratory · Hyde inherits if Jekyll vanishes for three months · Lanyon inherits everything if Jekyll dies abroad · The estate passes to a Soho charity on his death
4. What is Lanyon's view of Jekyll's recent scientific work?
   He says Jekyll gave up research years ago · He says he has been assisting the experiments · He calls it balderdash and has kept away · He admits he has met Jekyll's young friend
5. What occasion brings Utterson to Jekyll's house in this chapter?
   A Sunday walk through the by-street · A reading of the will at Utterson's · A dinner party for a few old friends · A late call from Poole about the laboratory
6. Who witnesses the killing of Sir Danvers Carew?
   A policeman patrolling the riverside lane · Poole, sent out on an errand by his master · Mr Enfield, walking home at three o'clock · A maidservant at her window in the moonlight
7. What is found on Carew's body that draws Utterson into the case?
   A card with Mr Hyde's Soho address · A sealed letter addressed to Mr Utterson · A cheque signed by Dr Henry Jekyll · A key to the laboratory's back door
8. Where does Utterson find Jekyll when he calls after the murder?
   In the cabinet above the dissecting rooms · In the courtyard behind the battered door · In Dr Lanyon's house in Cavendish Square · In the drawing room beside a bright fire
9. What does the letter signed "Edward Hyde" tell Jekyll?
   That he will come back to the house · That he has a sure means of escape · That Jekyll ordered the murder himself · That he will give himself up to the police
10. What becomes of Hyde after the murder, despite a large reward?
    He sails for America under a false name · He vanishes and is never traced · He is seen nightly outside the house · He is arrested at the docks in Wapping
11. Who arrives at Utterson's fireside, and with what conviction?
    Bradshaw, with a note from the cabinet · Enfield, having seen Hyde in the street · Inspector Newcomen, with news of Hyde · Poole, certain there has been foul play
12. What have the written orders from the cabinet been demanding?
    A particular drug of the purest quality · A revolver and a supply of cartridges · Fresh clothes in a much smaller size · Food and wine left outside the door
13. What does Jekyll's letter beg Lanyon to do?
    Break into his cabinet and fetch a drawer · Destroy all the papers in his laboratory · Take charge of his will and his estate · Attend a patient at midnight in Soho
14. What does the drawer turn out to contain?
    A revolver, cartridges and a sealed will · A phial, a white salt and a notebook · Surgical knives and a bottle of ether · Letters in Hyde's hand and a broken cane
15. How does Jekyll describe his own beginnings at the start of his statement?
    Born the son of a country clergyman · Born to a large fortune and good prospects · Born to a poor family in the far north · Born to a name he could not live up to

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