Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

In Act 1, Scene 1, Mrs. Enfield says of Mr. Hyde that “he chilled me to the bone.” She means that Mr. Hyde was...

• Kind

• Rude

• Frightening

• Cold to the touch

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The beginning of Act 1, Scene 5, reveals that Dr. Jekyll is a _____ person.

• Dangerous

• Shy

• Disorganized

• Kindhearted

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Which line supports your answer to Question 2?

• SD1: Jekyll and his guests sit at an elegant dining table. The room is bathed in candlelight

• Jekyll: Oh, I wouldn’t want to bore everyone

• SD2: The mood is festive, with guests chatting cheerfully while they eat.

• Mrs. Bates: Bravo, Henry! You continue to outdo yourself in your charity work.

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In Act 2, Scene 3, Mr. Utterson says, “The police are offering a substantial reward for Mr. Hyde, but he seems to have vanished.” Based on context clues, substantial means ______.

• Small

• Large

• New

• Unimportant

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The purpose of Jekyll’s letter at the end of the play is to ______. Choose THREE.

• show that Mr. Poole was the evil one all along

• explain Jekyll’s experiment

• end the play on a dark, dramatic note

• reveal that Jekyll’s evil side prevailed over his good side

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Which of the following statements does this play support?

• Interfering with nature has dangerous consequences.

• Love can help us be our best selves.

• Trust is hard to achieve and easily broken.

• Power is a tool that can be used for good.

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In the last scene of the play, the audience finds out that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person. Find at least two clues the playwright includes earlier in the play that hint at this.

Answer explanation

The author includes many details throughout the play that hint that Dr. Jekyll is also Mr. Hyde. In Act 1, Scene 1 we find out that Mr. Hyde uses Dr. Jekyll’s checks. Early on in the play, after Mrs. Enfield tells Utterson about Hyde’s trampling of a young girl, we learn that Hyde emerged from Dr. Jekyll’s lab. This is the first clue that the author provides that Jekyll and Hyde are intertwined somehow. Then, in Act 1, Scene 2, we learn from Dr. Jekyll’s will that he intends to leave all of his possessions to Mr. Hyde in case of Jekyll’s “death, disappearance, or unexplained absence.” The fact that Jekyll would leave everything to Hyde further raises the reader’s suspicions. What’s more, in Act 1, Scene 5 Dr. Jekyll openly voices his curiosity about good and evil: “What I have been wondering is: What if you could extract the evil—release it—so that you could be only good?” This clues readers into the fact that Dr. Jekyll may in some way be trying to divide himself into two different people. Additionally, in Act 2, Scene 2, Dr. Jekyll says he received a letter from Mr. Hyde, but Poole tells Utterson that no letters were delivered. This suggests that the letter was written inside Jekyll’s home and is another clue to the fact that the two may be the same person. Finally, in Scenes 1 and 2 of Act 2, we learn that Mr. Hyde used Dr. Jekyll’s cane to murder Carew. All of these clues, on top of the fact that the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde never appear in the same scene together, foreshadow the fact that Jekyll and Hyde are indeed the same person

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Does the play reflect a positive or negative view of scientific experimentation? Support your answer with ideas from the play.

Answer explanation

The play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reflects a negative view of scientific experimentation. Dr. Jekyll, a successful scientist in London, conducts an experiment aimed at analyzing the duality of human nature. He attempts to separate himself into two people: one an embodiment of his good side and another of his evil side. However, this experiment goes horribly awry when he loses control of his evil side, Mr. Hyde. Hyde grows stronger and Dr. Jekyll starts turning into him uncontrollably. As Hyde, he even murders a man. Jekyll eventually runs out of the potion that would turn him back into his good self, and his evil side takes over forever. This experiment’s horrific consequences highlight how scientific experimentation can go wrong, and show that there can be drawbacks to interfering with nature. (key ideas and details, supporting a claim, writing an explanatory text

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Describe a scenario that might make you feel exasperated.

Answer explanation

exasperated (ig-ZAS-puh-rey-tid) adjective; If someone is exasperated, they are frustrated or annoyed by what is happening. You might be exasperated by the finale of a TV show if something bad happens to your favorite character. Or you might feel exasperated if your baby brother pulls the puzzle you’ve been working on for days onto the floor.

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Invent a ghastly creature and describe it here.

What does it look like?

Answer explanation

ghastly (GAST-lee) adjective; Something that is ghastly is frightening, gruesome, or shocking. A ghastly nightmare might involve having to eat a bowl of live worms. You might close your eyes during a ghastly scene in a movie or move quickly past a ghastly wall of skulls in a haunted house.

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