'Jekyll and Hyde' Chapter 10: responding to Jekyll's confession | English

Starter quiz

In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which character out of Jekyll and Hyde is physically bigger?

'Dr. Jekyll' ✓
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', how does Dr. Jekyll turn into Mr. Hyde?

drinking a potion ✓

making a wish

casting a spell
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', why does Jekyll create Hyde?

Jekyll is desperate to commit terrible crimes.

Jekyll is desperate to escape the boredom of Victorian society.

Jekyll feels repressed by Victorian society. ✓
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which of the following is arguably not a main theme of the novella?

concealment

duality

reputation

power ✓
In 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', in the first half of Chapter 10, how does Jekyll feel about the transformations into Hyde?

exhilarated ✓

remorseful

frightened
Complete this quotation from Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde': "his conscience ______."

'slumbered' ✓

In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', as Hyde grows stronger, Jekyll grows ______.

'weaker' ✓
In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', why does Jekyll's double life come to an end?

Jekyll can no longer control his transformations. ✓

Jekyll enjoys his life as Hyde too much.

Jekyll becomes a 'self-destroyer' to get rid of Hyde.
In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', Jekyll attempts to stop becoming Hyde, but the ______ of Hyde becomes too hard to resist.

'allure' ✓
In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', why does Hyde become a "self-destroyer"?

Jekyll takes a potion to kill them both.

Hyde feels guilty for the crimes he has committed.

Hyde is afraid of the gallows. ✓
In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which quotation can be used to justify the inference: 'Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde become more interchangeable.'

“I was then standing horror-struck”

“Jekyll [...] projected and shared in the pleasures and adventures of Hyde” ✓

“I began to be tortured with throes and longings”
In Chapter 10 of 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', which quotation can be used to justify the inference: 'the allure of Hyde becomes too much for Jekyll'?

"I began to be tortured with throes and longings" ✓

"I began to spy a danger"

"like the Babylonian finger [...] spelling out the letters of my judgement"

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Readers are put in the position of juror at the end of the novella, deciding whether Jekyll is guilty of Hyde’s crimes.
The extent to which Jekyll is a sympathetic character is debateable.
Jekyll's double life comes to an end because he can no longer control his transformations.
As Hyde grows stronger, Jekyll grows weaker.
Jekyll and Hyde grow to hate each other, finding it harder to coexist.

Henry Jekyll is responsible for the death of Mr. Hyde. Jekyll is the 'self-destroyer.'

Hyde uses Jekyll as his protection from the gallows. When Jekyll is no more, it is Hyde who chooses death over punishment.

Allure - A captivating charm or attraction that draws people in, creating a sense of fascination.
Alter-ego - A second self or alternative personality, often representing different aspects of one's character.
Interchangeable - Capable of being exchanged or replaced with another, often without a significant impact.
Infamy - Widespread reputation for negative deeds, bringing disgrace or notoriety to an individual or thing.
Gallows - A structure used for execution by hanging.