J + H Chapter Summaries

Question 1

Chapter 1

Answer 1

1. Enfield and Utterson walk past door
2. Enfield tells Utterson when Hyde trampled girl
3. Hyde was forced to pay compensation but it was signed by Jekyll

Question 2

Chapter 2

Answer 2

1. Utterson looks through Jekyll’s will
2. Concerned that everything is left to Hyde
3. Discussed it with Lanyon who has fallen out with Jekyll
4. Utterson dreams of Hyde and waits for him at the door
5. Meets Hyde

Question 3

Chapter 3

Answer 3

1. Utterson raises issue of will at Jekyll’s dinner party
2. Jekyll admits he’s in a difficult situation
3. Claims he can be rid of Hyde when ever he likes

Question 4

Chapter 4

Answer 4

1. Year later
2. Serve the witness Hyde murdering Carew
3. Carew was carrying a letter to Utterson
4. Utterson takes police to Soho(to Hyde) he has left in a hurry leaving the murder weapon

Question 5

Chapter 5

Answer 5

1. Utterson visits Jekyll
2. Jekyll insists that no one will hear of Hyde again
3. Shows Utterson a letter from Hyde as evidence which was claimed to be handed in that day
4. Poole says it wasn’t
5. Utterson goes to Mr Guest(handwriting expert)
6. Underlines similarity between Jekyll and Hyde’s handwriting

Question 6

Chapter 6

Answer 6

1. Jekyll is more sociable and happier
2. New Year he closes doors to visitors
3. Utterson’s finds Lanyon sick due to shock
4. Never wants to hear Jekyll’s name again
5. Utterson writes to Jekyll but he wants to be left alone
6. Lanyon dies
7. Utterson receives two letters from Lanyon- one says that the other is not to be opened until Jekyll does or disappears

Question 7

Chapter 7

Answer 7

1. Utterson and Enfield see Jekyll from the window

2. Conversation is interrupted when Jekyll looks horrified and slams the window shut

Question 8

Chapter 8

Answer 8

1. Poole visits Utterson as he is worried about Jekyll
2. They shout through the study door but a strange voice replies refusing to see them
3. Poole reveals that this person has been trying to order chemicals and once Poole saw the figure in the lab and he confirmed that it was Hyde
4. The two break down the door
5. Find Hyde’s dead body
6. Large envelope addressed to Utterson which is Jekyll’s will leaving everything to Utterson
7. Letter instructing him to read Lanyon’s letter and Jekyll’s confession

Question 9

Chapter 9

Answer 9

1. Lanyon’s help was needed by Jekyll
2. He is asked to go to Jekyll’s house, break into the study and take a drawer home
3. Lanyon is asked to wait for a stranger in his consulting room to whom he should give the drawer
4. Midnight he opens the door to a messenger dresse din oversized clothes
5. Man mixes chemicals and invites Lanyon to watch
6. Lanyon sees him turn into Jekyll
7. Jekyll tells him the whole story
8. Jekyll and Hyde are the same person

Question 10

Chapter 10

Answer 10

1. Description of when he was young
2. He had always had a bad side and science led him to divide these personalities to two separate people
3. Creates potion, takes it and sees Hyde in the mirror
4. Drinks it again and becomes Jekyll
5. Writes will leaving everything to Hyde
6. Jekyll is horrified by Hyde’s actions and wants to spectate himself from him
7. Trampling of the girl
8. Loses control and wakes as Hyde and has to make a choice as Hyde has become too strong
9. Chides Jekyll but is drawn to old life
10. Takes mixture again and kills Carew
11. Destroys all evidence of Hyde and takes mixture again
12. Uncontrollably turns into Hyde in Regent’s Park
13. Asks Lanyon to get the drugs needed to turn into Jekyll but can only remain as Jekyll for short periods
14. Chemicals run out
15. Writes full statement
16. No longer cares what Hyde does and his life ends