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MCQs on the setting in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Grades 11 and 12 - Literature - Senior High School - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Setting
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1. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is set in which city?
2. 'This brought them to the fireside, where the easy chair was drawn cozily up, and the tea things stood ready to the sitter's elbow, the very sugar in the cup. There were several books on a shelf; one lay beside the tea things open.' In Mr Utterson's and Mr Poole's view, who would belong in this cozy scene?
3. 'The far greater proportion of the building was occupied by the theater, which filled almost the whole ground story and was lighted from above, and by the cabinet, which formed an upper story at one end and looked upon the court. A corridor joined the theater to the door on the by-street; and with this, the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.' Which of the following statements is correct?
4. 'Two doors from one corner, on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street. It was two stories high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower story and a blind forehead of discolored wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.' Which language relates the building to Mr Hyde?
5. Which one of the following does NOT characterize London as it is presented in the novel?
6. 'Some two months before the murder of Sir Danvers, I had been out for one of my adventures, had returned at a late hour, and woke the next day in bed with somewhat odd sensations. It was in vain I looked about me; in vain I saw the decent furniture and tall proportions of my room in the square; in vain that I recognized the pattern of the bed curtains and the design of the mahogany frame; something still kept insisting that I was not where I was.' Which of the following is causing Dr Jekyll's consternation in this recollection?
7. When do the events of the novel take place?
8. The first chapter of the novel is called 'Story of the Door'. To what door does the title refer?
9. Where does Mr Hyde have a house?
10. Mr Utterson maintains his vigil by the mysterious door at all hours of the day, waiting to speak to Mr Hyde. At what time of day does he finally surprise the man?