CHAPTERS 1 and 2-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – OPEN BOOK TEST
Reread the following passage and then answer the questions below:
Or else he would see a room in a rich house, where his friend lay asleep, dreaming and smiling at his
dreams; and then the door of that room would be opened, the curtains of the bed plucked apart, the
sleeper recalled, and lo! There would stand by his side a figure to whom power was given, and even at
that dead hour, he must rise and do its bidding.
1. ____ When the narrator says “his friend”, to whom is he referring?
L. Jekyll
M. Hyde
N. Enfield
O. Lanyon
P. Utterson
2. ____ In the imagined dream scene above, who is the “figure” and with what famous character from
another novel can he be compared?
A. The figure is Jekyll and the character is Victor Frankenstein
B. The figure is Hyde and the character is Victor Frankenstein
C. The figure is Hyde and the character is Victor Frankenstein’s creation
D. The figure is Jekyll and the character is Victor Frankenstein’s creation
3. ____ How does Utterson meet Mr. Hyde?
A. He goes to Dr. Jekyll’s house and the servant introduces them.
B. He waits outside of the Hyde’s house at night until he comes home.
C. He sees him trample a little girl and makes a citizen’s arrest.
D. He follows him home one night from work and then introduces himself.
4. ____ Which one of the following figures is NOT used to describe Mr. Hyde?
A. A cave-dweller
B. An Oxford student’s disciplinarian dean
C. Damon
D. Satan
E. A Juggernaut
5. ____ What does the servant say about Hyde’s activities?
M. That he behaves like an odious villain.
N. That he comes and goes like a ghost.
O. That he never eats, and he enters and leaves through Jekyll’s science lab.
P. That he has blackmailed Dr. Jekyll, and that he used his information to make Jekyll write him into his
will.
Q. That he has cancer and wants Jekyll to cure him.
6. ____ What does Utterson plan to do for his friend, Henry Jekyll?
A. Find out all of Hyde’s dirty secrets so that he can spare Jekyll from being blackmailed by Hyde.
B. Rewrite the will.
C. Ask Jekyll if he can help him.
D. Destroy the will
7. ____ What is the main reason Utterson goes to Lanyon’s house?
A. Because he is friends with Dr. Jekyll
B. Because he wants to find out if he knows anything about Mr. Hyde
C. Because he wants to tell him about what he knows concerning Mr. Hyde
D. Because he suspects that Mr. Hyde lives there
Mr. Lanyon tells Utterson: “It is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He
began to go wrong, wrong in mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old
sake’s sake as they say, I see and I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash,”
added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, “would have estranged Damon and Pythias.”
8. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended meaning of the word fanciful?
N. Fancy
O. Effeminate
P. Beyond the realm of reality and/or sanity
Q. Devilishly insane
9. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended meaning of the word balderdash?
A. Nonsense
B. Nightmares
C. Proofs
D. Campaigns
10. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended effect of the allusion to Damon and Pythias?
A. To emphasize the fact that unscientific balderdash like Jekyll’s should have gotten him jailed and
condemned to
death.
B. To push the notion that Jekyll’s unscientific balderdash was extremely absurd, even offensive, so
much so that it
would have been enough to alienate the two closest friends in ancient Greek history.
C. To emphasize the point that unscientific balderdash is not something for which a friend should risk his
life.
D. To push the notion that such unscientific balderdash is enough to estrange even dreamy
philosophers.
Reread the following sentences:
“Six o’clock struck on the bells of the church that was so conveniently near to Mr. Utterson’s dwelling,
and still he was digging at the problem. Hitherto it had touched him on the intellectual side alone; but
now his imagination also was engaged or rather enslaved; and as he lay and tossed in the gross darkness
of the night and the curtained room, Mr.Enfield’s tale went by before his mind in a scroll of lighted
pictures.”
11. What is the meaning of gross in these sentences?
A. Disgusting
B. Deep
C. Total
D. Grotesque
Chapter 2: Search for Mr. Hyde
12. ____ In what setting does the opening of the chapter 2 take place?
M. Mr. Utterson’s house
N. Dr. Jekyll’s house
O. Mr. Enfield’s house
P. Mr. Lanyon’s house
13. ____ What does “holograph” mean? (in paragraph one, chapter 2)
A. Theology. Utterson’s austere Sunday evening routine
B. Wholly written by the person in whose name it appears
C. An unsubstantial image projected into space
D. A will, or last testament
14. ____ Infer, what D.C.L. means?
E. Doctor of Medicine
F. Doctor of Civil Law
G. Doctor of Laws
H. Fellow of the Royal Society
15. ____ To whom did Dr. Jekyll will all of his possessions?
A. Utterson
B. Enfield
C. Lanyon
D. Hyde
Read the following sentence and answer the question below:
The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson, though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused
to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry
Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his “friend and
benefactor Edward Hyde,” but that in case of Dr. Jekyll’s “disappearance or unexplained absence for any
period exceeding three calendar months,” the said Edward Hyde should step into the said Henry Jekyll’s
shoes without further delay and free from any burthen [burden] or obligation, beyond the payment of a
few small sums to the members of the doctor’s household.
16. What or who, in the above sentence, should be “free from any burthen or obligation”?
A. Henry Jekyll
B. Edward Hyde
C. Members of the doctor’s household
D. The payment
17 . ____ Which emotional effect does Jekyll’s will NOT have upon Utterson?
A. Deep personal shame
B. Insatiable curiosity
C. Indignation
D. Disbelief
18. ____ Why does Utterson go to Lanyon’s house?
E. Because he is friends with Dr. Jekyll
F. Because he wants to find out if he knows anything about Mr. Hyde
G. Because he wants to tell him about what he knows concerning Mr. Hyde
H. Because he suspects that Mr. Hyde lives there
Mr. Lanyon tells Utterson:
“It is more than ten years since Henry Jekyll became too fanciful for me. He began to go wrong, wrong in
mind; and though of course I continue to take an interest in him for old sake’s sake as they say, I see and
I have seen devilish little of the man. Such unscientific balderdash,” added the doctor, flushing suddenly
purple, “would have estranged Damon and Pythias.”
19. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended meaning of the word fanciful?
I. Fancy
J. Effeminate
K. Beyond the realm of reality and/or sanity
L. Devilishly insane
20. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended meaning of the word balderdash?
M. Nonsense
N. Nightmares
O. Proofs
P. Campaigns
21. ____ In the above passage, what is the intended effect of the allusion to Damon and Pythias?
E. To emphasize the fact that unscientific balderdash like Jekyll’s should have gotten him jailed and
condemned to death.
F. To push the notion that Jekyll’s unscientific balderdash was extremely absurd, even offensive, so
much so that it would have been enough to alienate the two closest friends in ancient Greek history.
G. To emphasize the point that unscientific balderdash is not something for which a friend should risk his
life.
H. To push the notion that such unscientific balderdash is enough to estrange even dreamy
philosophers.