Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Themes 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 themes questions with answers and explanations — the big ideas and what the writer is saying about them. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole novella.
The big ideas and what the writer is saying about them. Drawn from the whole novella — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Theme · Difficulty: Challenge, Standard
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Themes questions
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- 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
- What does Jekyll's claim about ending the connection show?
He says Hyde is a patient in his care · He believes he can be rid of Hyde at will · He admits Hyde has complete power over him · He denies ever having met Hyde at all
- What does the fog over London contribute as Utterson rides to Soho?
It marks the first day of Jekyll's illness · It hides Hyde as he escapes over the river · It keeps the police from Soho until dusk · It turns the city into a shifting nightmare
- What does Utterson conclude as the chapter ends?
That Jekyll has forged for a murderer · That Hyde has already fled abroad · That Lanyon knows more than he admits · That Jekyll's servant is blackmailing him
- What does Lanyon's refusal to speak of Jekyll imply about what he knows?
He has learned something he cannot name · He believes Jekyll has gone quietly mad · He has been sworn to silence by the police · He has quarrelled with Jekyll over a patient
- What does the window scene add to the novella's picture of Jekyll?
He has decided to confess everything · He is a prisoner in his house and his body · He has taken Hyde in as a lodger · He has recovered his health and sociability
- Why does Lanyon say his days are numbered after that night?
What he saw destroyed the science he trusted · He has drunk a little of the potion himself · Hyde has threatened to return and kill him · He has promised Jekyll to take his own life
- What conclusion about human nature does Jekyll reach from his experiments?
That conscience is only a social habit · That science can perfect the human will · That man is not truly one, but truly two · That evil destroys the good in the end
- What does the novella suggest about Victorian respectability?
It depends on keeping shameful appetites hidden · It had collapsed by the end of the century · It rewards men who confess their failings · It is strongest among the working classes
- What part does pleasure play in Jekyll's ruin?
He feels only disgust at every change · He becomes Hyde solely to escape debt · He enjoys the freedom and keeps going back · He uses Hyde to carry out his research
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What does the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Themes quiz cover?
10 themes questions drawn from every part of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The big ideas and what the writer is saying about them. It tests theme at challenge, standard level.
Does it contain spoilers?
Yes — it draws on the whole novella, including the ending.
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