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Chapter 1 “Story of the Door”

LITERATURE STUDY QUESTIONS

Who is Mr. Utterson? What is he like?

Which other characters from our character list does Mr. Utterson associate with?

Describe what Dr. Jekyll’s house looks like.

What was the strange incident that Enfield remembers happening near this house?

Who does Enfield think “the man’s face” looks like as he was surrounded by the circle of outraged people on the sidewalk where he had knocked down the little girl?

What does the crowd demand that the man should do for the girl’s family to atone for his actions? What do they threaten to do if he will not?

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Chapter 1 “Story of the Door”


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After the man agrees to their demand, why does he then have to spend the rest of the night in the company of Enfield, the girl’s father, and the doctor who had been summoned there?

Although he is never mentioned by name in this chapter, who can we assume signed the check when the man (Mr. Hyde) went inside to fetch it?

What does Enfield believe about the signature on the check up until the moment he actually cashes it?

Enfield says he avoids asking questions about strange situations for what reason?

How does Hyde look, as Enfield describes him at the end of the chapter?

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Chapter 2 “Search For Mr. Hyde”


What does Dr. Jekyll’s will say should happen if he dies? What does it say should happen if he is merely missing for more than three months?

Did Utterson know before that Sunday walk with Enfield anything about the man named “Edward Hyde” in the will?

Utterson goes to visit Dr. Lanyon to ask him if he knows anything about Hyde. How does Utterson know Dr. Lanyon? What is their relationship like?

Describe the reason for the ten-year interruption in the friendship between Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll.

What are some of the reasons Utterson thinks meeting Hyde in person might solve some of his nightmares and anxiety?

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How does Utterson finally succeed in meeting Hyde?

What does Utterson ask Hyde for permission to do?

Why does Hyde suddenly become angry with Utterson when Utterson claims that Jekyll has given him Hyde’s description?

What are some physical characteristics about Hyde that make Utterson think he resembles a troglodyte?

Where does Utterson go after Hyde so angrily deserts him at the doorway in the side alley?

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What question about Jekyll does Utterson ask the butler, Poole? What question does he then ask Poole about Hyde’s presence in the house?

In what ways does the “comfortable hall” where Utterson is left waiting no longer feel to him like the “pleasantest room in London” on this particular night?

What orders from Jekyll do Poole and the other household staff people have about Hyde?

What kind of person does Utterson remember Jekyll had been in his younger days?

What do you think Utterson believes Hyde might do to Henry Jekyll if he finds out Jekyll has a will? Note—when Utterson refers to “Harry,” he is using a common nickname for “Henry.”

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Chapter 3 “Dr. Jekyll Was Quite At Ease”


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How long is a fortnight? (Look up this word in the dictionary if you don’t know.)

What do we know about Jekyll’s physical appearance AND his personality from the description in this chapter?

How does Jekyll currently feel about Lanyon?

What is Jekyll’s response when Utterson suddenly mentions Hyde?

What does Jekyll claim to Utterson to put “his heart at rest”?

What promise does Jekyll beg Utterson to make?

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Chapter 4 “The Carew Murder Case”


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By the date of the murder in this chapter, how much time has passed since Jekyll and Utterson’s conversation about the will?

Roughly what time of day is the murder committed?

What items had the dead man been carrying before he died? Why might the police then ask Utterson if he recognizes the body?

What is the murder weapon, and to whom does it belong?

How does Utterson recognize the weapon?

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Who is the policeman investigating for the murder?

Who answers the door at Hyde’s house in Soho when Utterson leads the inspector there?

What is her reaction when she hears that Mr. Hyde may be in trouble?

Describe the condition of Hyde’s rooms when Utterson and the inspector arrive to investigate them.

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What piece of evidence is found behind the door in Hyde’s room?

What makes it so difficult to create a WANTED poster of Hyde?

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Chapter 5 “Incident of The Letter”


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Where does Utterson immediately go after the investigation at Hyde’s house?

Describe Jekyll’s appearance and behavior when Utterson finds him in his laboratory.

What does Jekyll promise when Utterson asks if he has been hiding Hyde?

Who is the letter from that Jekyll shares with Utterson? What course of action does the letter seem to imply its author is going to take?

According to Jekyll, who dictated the terms of his will? What conclusion does Utterson draw from this fact?

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Chapter 5 “Incident of The Letter”


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As Utterson thinks about the murder of Parliament member Carew and the “loss of one friend and client,” what is he afraid will happen as a result of that scandal?

Who is Mr. Guest? Describe Utterson’s level of trust in Mr. Guest.

What is Guest’s special ability?

What does Guest conclude after comparing the handwriting of Jekyll and Hyde?

What does Utterson assume about Jekyll, after Guest says that the two handwriting samples have practically no difference between them?

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Chapter 6 “Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon”


Why does Utterson feel that the death of Sir Danvers Carew was “more than paid for” by Hyde’s disappearance? (In other words, what benefit did the disappearance cause?)

Describe the difference in Dr. Jekyll now that Hyde has disappeared.

When Utterson visits Lanyon several days later, what is Lanyon’s explanation for his sudden change of health and expectation that he will die soon?

How does Lanyon respond when Utterson mentions Jekyll during this visit?

In his letter to Utterson, what kind of life does Jekyll say he led that caused the sudden odd break in his friendship with Lanyon? What sort of life does he plan to lead now?

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Chapter 6 “Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon”


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What does Jekyll ask Utterson to respect during Jekyll’s current and future seclusion?

In the letter Utterson receives (pre-written by Lanyon) on the night of Lanyon’s funeral, what instructions are written on the envelope? Why does this alarm Utterson?

What instructions are given on the second envelope that was within the first one?

Where does Utterson put the two envelopes and their contents?

Why do Utterson’s continuing attempts to visit Jekyll become less and less frequent?

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Chapter 7 “Incident at The Window”


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When Enfield and Utterson find themselves in front of the door again during one of their walks, what does Enfield say he was an “ass” not to realize about the house?

Why does Utterson feel he and Enfield should enter the courtyard and stand below the windows?

When spotted in the window, what does Jekyll resemble?

What does Utterson think Jekyll should do to snap himself out of his depression?

What do Utterson and Enfield witness happening to Jekyll while they are talking with him?

How do they feel after witnessing this?

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Chapter 8 “The Last Night”


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When Jekyll’s butler Poole fearfully comes to see Utterson one night, what does he say he suspects, and what does he want from Utterson?

Describe Jekyll’s household staff when Utterson and Poole find them upon returning to Jekyll’s house.

What does Poole tell Utterson as they cross the back gardens?

What do Poole and Utterson notice is different about Jekyll when calling to him through the closed door?

What does Poole think has happened to Jekyll, and why does Utterson think Poole’s idea makes no sense?

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How long have Poole and the other servants been hearing the voice inside the laboratory cry out about medicine it cannot obtain, and finding that the meals they leave for him are only being taken inside when nobody is looking?

What frantic errand has the man in the lab been repeatedly sending Poole to do all week?

When Poole happens to get a glimpse of the man one day in the house, what makes him believe that the man cannot possibly be Dr. Jekyll?

What are Poole and Utterson going to use to break down the laboratory door?

Who is Poole convinced is the figure he had glimpsed in the hall, that is now occupying the laboratory?

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What does Utterson agree he thinks has happened to Jekyll?

What does Utterson ask Jekyll’s footman Bradshaw to do?

What sound does Poole want Utterson to listen to and identify?

What is surprising about the condition of the room once the men so violently break its door open with the axe?

Who do they find inside the laboratory? What has happened to him? Whose clothes is he wearing?

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What change has Jekyll made in the copy of his will that is found in the lab, compared to the last draft he had given to Utterson so long ago?

What does Utterson tell Poole he is going home to do now?

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Chapter 9 “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”


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In the document from Lanyon that Utterson has been saving since before Lanyon’s death, what does Lanyon say Jekyll had asked him to fetch? What is he supposed to do with it at midnight?

What substances does Lanyon find in the glass phial (flask) and wrappings, and who apparently had made them?

What are the contents of the book that is with these items?

According to Lanyon’s description of Jekyll’s “messenger” who comes to claim the drawer, who do you think it must be?

What does the messenger do with the contents of the drawer after Lanyon shows him where it is?

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Chapter 9 “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”


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What choice does the messenger ask Lanyon to make after he has created his mixture of ingredients?

What does Lanyon actually witness when the messenger drinks the mixture?

What is Lanyon’s reaction to what he has witnessed?

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Chapter 10 “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of The Case”


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What does Jekyll mean when he comes to the dooming conclusion that “man is not truly one, but truly two”?

What possible benefit or “relief” for society does Jekyll think future scientists or doctors could create from his experiment?

List the two reasons that Jekyll says he will not more deeply explain the “scientific branch” of his confession. In what way is his first reason similar to Victor Frankenstein’s reason for refusing to explain “too much” to anyone about his secret scientific activities?

What kept Jekyll so long from trying his potion for the first time? What finally compelled him to try it after all?

How does that first drink make Jekyll feel physically, and then how does he feel right after that initial feeling goes away?

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What is Jekyll’s theory about why Hyde’s body is so much smaller than Jekyll’s body?

Why does Jekyll say he became Hyde instead of an angel?

What are some of the arrangements Jekyll makes to make Hyde seem like a separate person and keep his dual personalities a secret?

What is Jekyll’s opinion of the “pleasures” that Hyde commits whenever he temporarily exists?

How does the incident with Hyde trampling the child create a need for Hyde to have his own bank account?

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What terrifies Jekyll one morning when he wakes up after a night of one of his adventures?

Based on Jekyll’s theory about why Hyde originally had such small stature, why do you think Hyde now seems to be larger?

What piece of control does Jekyll now fear losing?

What are the benefits of choosing to remain permanently as Jekyll? What are the benefits of choosing to remain permanently as Hyde?

During his relapse as Hyde after being purely Jekyll for two months in a row, what is the unprovoked, terrible crime that he commits while so much pent-up evil inside him is finally being released? (Hint: See Chapter 4.)

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Why does Jekyll spend the winter months that year doing so many good deeds for others?

What happens suddenly to Jekyll as he is sitting in the sun on a bench in Regent’s Park?

Why could he not go home now to retrieve anything from his locked laboratory? Remember, everyone in town is saying that Hyde is the one guilty of murder.

What does Jekyll fear now more than he had feared Hyde being sentenced to die in the gallows?

How does the effectiveness of Jekyll’s drug seem to be changing?

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What tricks does Hyde do to torment Jekyll? Why does he hate Jekyll so much?

Why doesn’t Hyde just commit suicide in order to kill Jekyll?

What does Jekyll realize about the purity of his original supply of salt, and how that must have affected his recipe to begin with?

What does Jekyll intend to do as soon as he finishes writing this letter? (Remember, the letter is all of Chapter 10.)

In your opinion, is this a responsible choice? Why or why not?

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