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Grades 11 and 12 - Literature - Senior High School - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Themes
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Grades 11 and 12 - Literature - Senior High School - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Themes
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1. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is much concerned with evidence and the use of evidence in order to arrive at the truth. Which of the following is an instance of this theme in the novella?
2. When he turns his back on Mr Hyde, one of Dr Jekyll's key changes in behavior is to become less reclusive and to hold dinner parties once again. This behavior exemplifies which theme in the text?
3. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is structured as a mystery story in which the great surprise is not revealed until near the end of the novella. To which theme does this structure most directly relate?
4. 'Yes, I preferred the elderly and discontented doctor, surrounded by friends and cherishing honest hopes; and bade a resolute farewell to the liberty, the comparative youth, the light step, leaping pulses and secret pleasures, that I had enjoyed in the disguise of Hyde.' With what does this quotation associate youth?
5. Which of the following does NOT relate to the theme of the savage or brutal nature of man?
6. Friendship is important in the text. Mr Utterson is described at the beginning as 'the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men'. How does friendship relate to the novella's conclusion?
7. Dr Jekyll's increasing inability to control Mr Hyde relates to which of the following themes?
8. About what do Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll disagree?
9. 'I began to perceive more deeply than it has ever yet been stated, the trembling immateriality, the mist-like transience, of this seemingly so solid body in which we walk attired.' What does Dr Jekyll mean by this statement?
10. Which personal psychological theory does Dr Jekyll set out to test with his potion?