The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Quiz

What does Utterson find in the laboratory after breaking down the door?

Lit Device: “if he be Mr. Hyde,” he thought “then I shall be Mr. Seek”

What does Mr. Guest tell Utterson about the handwriting in the letter from Hyde?

Who summons Utterson to Jekyll's house near the end of the novel?

Lit Device: A subtle figurative comparison between two unlike things.

Lit Device: “If ever I read Satan’s signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend.

Lit Device: “Secrets compared to which poor Jekyll’s worst would be like sunshine”.

Vocabulary: “Now more than ever, he confined himself to the cabinet over the laboratory,”

What horrifying event does Lanyon write about having witnessed?

Who is the best teacher ever?

Lit Device: When an audience perceives something that a character does not.

What does Enfield witness Hyde do late one night?

Lit Device: "Poor Harry Jekyll . . . my mind misgives me, he is in deep waters!"

Vocabulary: “There was borne in upon his mind a crushing anticipation of calamity”

Lit Device: A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work.

What is Utterson's profession?

How many different points of view do we experience throughout the novella?

Vocabulary: “One book lay beside, and Utterson was amazed to find it a copy of a pious work”.

Lit Device: The moment I choose, I can be rid of Mr. Hyde”.

Lit Device: Specific words chosen for their connotation and power to reveal attitude or tone.

(Tough) What is Utterson's first name?

In the weeks following his dinner party, what happens to Jekyll?

Lit Device: A subtle reference to another literary text or historical event.

Vocabulary: “Like the light of some strange conflagration; and here the fog would be broken up”

Lit Device: Word or phrase that has an acceptable connotation that expresses upsetting news.

When Utterson tells Jekyll that he has been learning about Hyde, how does Jekyll respond?

What does a servant girl witness from a window?

The author of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde is....

Which character is the first one to speak in the novella?

Who leads the police to Hyde's home?

At the beginning of the novella, why has Lanyon and Jekyll's friendship deteriorated?

Lit Device: Mr. Utterson is described as “cold, dusty and embarrassed in discourse;"

(Really tough) What street does Mr. Utterson live on?

Whom does Jekyll's will initially specify as the heir to his wealth and estate?

Where do Enfield and Utterson see Jekyll one day during his seclusion?

Vocabulary: “I rose accordingly from table, got into a hansom..."

What happens to Jekyll after the Carew murder?

Lit Device: “It was his fortune to be the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men”.

With whom does Utterson take a weekly walk?

Lit Device: Refers to the writer's attitude towards their subject and towards their audience.

Lit Device: The use of humour, irony or exaggeration to criticize for social advancement.

Lit Devices: “The fog slept above the city, where the lamps glimmered like carbuncles.

Lit Device: Something that appears to be false, but after consideration can be also true.

Lit Device: A reoccurring structure that supports thematic development.

Lit Device: “Later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his dinners.”

Lit Device: “The doctor [Jekyll]... his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical”