1) Plot Summary

Question 1

1 Who is the first character introduced?

Answer 1

Mr Utterson

Question 2

1 How is Utterson described?

Answer 2

A rather dry, boring man who drinks gin alone

Question 3

When is Jekyll’s will first presented?

Answer 3

Chapter 2

Question 4

Why did Dr Lanyon fall out with his friend Dr Jekyll?

Answer 4

He believes Jekyll’s most recent scientific research is ‘unscientific balderdash’

Question 5

What does Utterson infer from being given Hyde’s adress?

Answer 5

That Hyde believes Jekyll will die soon and his will shall be released

Question 6

What does Jekyll do when Utterson first mentions his will?

Answer 6

Joke about it

Question 7

What does Utterson tell Jekyll at his party that makes him turn pale?

Answer 7

He has been “learning something of the young Hyde”

Question 8

What does Jekyll insist about his power over Hyde?

Answer 8

the “moment I choose I can be rid of Mr Hyde”

Question 9

5 Who does Hyde kill with a stick?

Answer 9

Sir Danvers Carew

Question 10

5 Who witnesses Hyde kill Carew?

Answer 10

The maid

Question 11

5 What causes the maid to faint?

Answer 11

The shock of the sound of Carew’s bones cracking

Question 12

5 How does Utterson link Hyde to the murder of Carew?

Answer 12

A broken stick gifted to Jekyll was at the scene?

Question 13

5 What does Utterson notice in Hyde’s room?

Answer 13

Ashes in the fireplace indicate Hyde burnt documents and made a quick exit

Question 14

5 What was the laboratory also know as?

Answer 14

“dissecting rooms”

Question 15

5 What does Dr Jekyll say to Utterson about Hyde in chapter 5?

Answer 15

“I swqear to God I will never set eyes on him again”

Question 16

5 What does the letter Jekyll give Utterson say?

Answer 16

Written from Hyde to Jekyll
Hyde apologises he is unable to repay Jekyll
Hyde has escaped

Question 17

5 What is peculiar about the letter from Hyde to Jekyll?

Answer 17

There is no envelope or postmark because “it was delivered by hand”

Question 18

5 Who confirms no letter was delivered from Hyde to Jekyll?

Answer 18

Poole

Question 19

5 Who does Utterson take Jekyll’s letter to?

Answer 19

Mr Guest

Question 20

5 What does Mr Guest say about Jekyll’s letter?

Answer 20

Jekyll wrote it

“there’s a singular resemblance; the two hands are in many points identical”

Question 21

5 What does Utterson do with Jekyll’s letter?

Answer 21

Lock it in his safe that night

Question 22

5 What does Utterson think when he learns Jekyll forged the letter?

Answer 22

“Henry Jekyll forge for a murder!”

His blood runs cold in his veins

Question 23

6 What happens with Jekyll at the start of chapter 6?

Answer 23

Jekyll improves, visits friends, entertains, goes to church

Question 24

6 Who dines together in chapter 6?

Answer 24

Jekyll
Utterson
Lanyon

Question 25

6 What happens when Utterson visits Lanyon in chapter 6?

Answer 25

“he had his death warrant written all over his face”

Lanyon declares he never wants to see Jekyll again

Question 26

6 What does Utterson receive after Lanyon’s death?

Answer 26

A letter from Lanyon stating “not to be opened till the death or disappearance od Dr Henry Jekyll”

Question 27

6 What happens when Utterson attempts to visit Jekyll after Lanyon’s death?

Answer 27

He speaks to Poole on the doorstep as Jekyll has confined himsefl to the laboratory