DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Te a c h e r ’ s
Material
 C O N T E N T S

To the Teacher ....................................................................................................................... 3

Before Reading ..................................................................................................................... 5

After Reading: Extra Challenges ......................................................................................... 6

After Reading: Group Work ................................................................................................. 7

Possible Answers to Group Work ....................................................................................... 8

Worksheet 1: Chapters 1-5 .................................................................................................. 9

Answers to Worksheet 1 .................................................................................................... 10

Worksheet 2: Chapters 6-11 ............................................................................................... 1 1

Answers to Worksheet 2 ................................................................................................... 12

Final Test .............................................................................................................................. 13

Answers to Final Test ......................................................................................................... 14

Answers to Questions in the Reader.................................................................................. 15

Before using the following teacher’s material, we recommend that

you read the Burlington Reader Series general information leaflet.

Copyright © 2003 Burlington Books

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TO THE TEACHER

LIST OF MAIN CHARACTERS

Dr Jekyll: a scientist. Mr Enfield: Mr Utterson’s friend.
Mr Hyde: an evil, violent man. Dr Lanyon: a friend of Mr Utterson and Dr Jekyll.
Mr Utterson: a middle-aged London lawyer. Poole: Dr Jekyll’s butler.
P L O T S U M M A RY
Every Sunday, Mr Utterson and Mr Enfield go for a walk together. One day, they pass an old building and
Enfield tells Utterson about Edward Hyde, the man who lives there. Hyde once cruelly hurt a little girl and
her family demanded money from him. Hyde gave them cash and a cheque in somebody else’s name.
Utterson recognises the name, Hyde, and thinks he knows whose name was on the cheque. He is worried.
At home Utterson re-reads the will of one of his clients, Dr Henry Jekyll. The will states that if Jekyll dies
or disappears, his money and possessions will go to Edward Hyde. Utterson is curious about Hyde and goes
to his house to meet him. He dislikes Hyde and feels he is evil. Utterson then goes to Jekyll’s house around
the corner. Jekyll’s laboratory and the back door of Hyde’s house open onto the same courtyard. Jekyll’s
butler, Poole, tells Utterson that Hyde has a key to Jekyll’s laboratory, and often goes there with Jekyll’s
permission. Utterson suspects that Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll. Jekyll denies this, saying he is in control
and can get rid of Hyde at any time.
Almost a year later, a maid witnesses Hyde murdering an old gentleman and calls the police. The police
find a letter to Utterson in the gentleman’s pocket. They give the letter to Utterson, who identifies the
victim. Utterson takes the police to Hyde’s house. In Hyde’s rooms, they find a partly burned chequebook
and the murder weapon. The police start to search for Hyde.
Utterson thinks Jekyll is hiding Hyde, but Jekyll says he’s no longer in contact with Hyde. Jekyll shows
Utterson a letter from Hyde saying that he will not return, which Utterson shows to his clerk, who is a
handwriting expert. A note from Jekyll arrives for Utterson. The handwriting on the letter and the note is
identical. Shortly after this, Jekyll becomes ill and refuses to see anyone, staying in his laboratory most of
the time. Lanyon is also very ill. Utterson visits him and tells him that Jekyll is ill, but Lanyon is distracted.
Lanyon dies, leaving Utterson a letter, to be opened only after Jekyll’s death or disappearance.
One day, Utterson and Enfield enter the courtyard behind Jekyll’s house and see Jekyll at the laboratory
window. They talk to him, but Jekyll suddenly looks terrified and abruptly closes the window. Soon after
this, Poole asks Utterson to come to Jekyll’s house. He fears something has happened to Jekyll. Jekyll’s
voice has changed and he refuses to open the door to anyone. He is desperate for a certain chemical and
sends Poole to buy it many times, but then throws away every batch Poole brings, claiming it isn’t pure.
Poole says the man inside the laboratory wears a mask and is much shorter than Jekyll. Poole suspects it is
Hyde.
Utterson goes to the laboratory and demands to be allowed in. The man inside refuses and Utterson
recognises Hyde’s voice. While Utterson and Poole break the door down, Hyde drinks a chemical and
commits suicide. When Utterson and Poole enter the room they find Hyde’s dead body, dressed in clothes
which are very big on him. Certain that Hyde has killed Jekyll, the two men look for Jekyll’s body. They
find a new will and a note to Utterson, in Jekyll’s handwriting, written that day. The note instructs Utterson
to read Lanyon’s letter first and his letter afterwards. Utterson goes home to read both letters. Lanyon’s
letter describes a frightening meeting he had with Hyde, who then turned into Jekyll. This meeting affected
Lanyon’s health and led to his death.
Jekyll’s letter describes the chemical experiments he did to divide his body into the good Dr Jekyll and the
bad Mr Hyde. After Hyde committed murder, Jekyll knew the experiments couldn’t continue and he
stopped taking the potion. But a few weeks later, Jekyll turned into Hyde, without taking any potion. This
happened several times. Each time, he took the potion to become Jekyll again. But there was only a little
potion left. He tried to buy new chemicals but they didn’t work, as one ingredient was now missing. Jekyll
knew that the next time he became Hyde, he wouldn’t be able to turn himself back into Jekyll. As he didn’t
want to live as Hyde, he chose to end his life instead.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a very sickly child. At first,
he studied engineering but as he was not physically strong enough for that profession, he decided to study
law instead. By the time he finished his studies, he had already decided to become a writer. Stevenson had
a chronic bronchial condition and spent much of his life looking for a suitable climate to live in.
Stevenson loved the bohemian life, the sea, the outdoors and adventure. He also loved to read literature and
history, especially Scottish history. These interests provided much of the background for his novels.
In 1876, Stevenson went to France. There he met an American woman, Mrs Fanny van de Grift Osbourne,
who was studying art in Paris and was separated from her husband. Fanny returned to the United States and
after she got a divorce, Stevenson followed her to California, where they married. Treasure Island,
Stevenson’s first full-length novel, was published in 1883, the result of a game he began with his stepson,
Lloyd. In 1886, two more novels were published: Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde, a horror story that delves into the presence of good and evil that is found in every person. The
Master of Ballantrae and Catriona, the sequel to Kidnapped, were published in the next ten years.
Stevenson’s romantic novels were a reaction against the realism and naturalism that influenced the literature
of the late 1800s. His world view is optimistic and his plots are melodramatic. His characters, especially the
pirates and soldiers, are theatrical. Stevenson felt that novels provided adventure for people who led
unexciting lives.
In 1888, Stevenson took his wife, stepson and mother to the South Seas, where they settled in Apia, Samoa.
Stevenson got to know the islanders very well and some of his poetry is based on Samoan legends.
Stevenson was very popular with the islanders, who called him ‘Tusitala,’ ‘teller of tales’. He died in
Samoa of a brain haemorrhage in 1894, and was buried on the top of a mountain overlooking Apia harbour.
The inscription on his gravestone comes from one of his own poems, Requiem, and reads:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter, home from the hill.

BACKGROUND
• Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police force in England. However, it has
now become synonymous with the Criminal Investigation Department, or the CID, which handles
criminal investigations. Scotland Yard is famous all over the world for its ability to solve the most
puzzling crimes. Other police departments in the United Kingdom turn to Scotland Yard for help with
difficult cases. Scotland Yard is supposed to have got its name from the fact that the building once
belonged to the Kings of Scotland. When they or their ambassadors were in London, they stayed there.
They called it “Scotland”, so the courtyard was called Scotland Yard.
• The 19th century was a time of great interest and progress in science, technology and medicine. New
discoveries, such as antibiotics, vaccines, X-rays, genetics and a desire to know more about the human
body, led to greater scientific knowledge and improved medical care. The developments in that century
changed the way the world worked and brought it into the modern, technological age.
• In order to help your students follow the story, a simple diagram is
provided here showing the lay-out of the old building, Dr Jekyll’s
house, the laboratory and the courtyard.

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BEFORE READING

SUGGESTIONS FOR LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES

In pairs, students ask and answer the following questions. Alternatively, you can ask the questions and elicit
the answers from the whole class. (Some suggested answers are provided in italics.)
1. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a horror story. What kinds of things do you expect to find in a horror story?
(imaginative and possibly shocking events; unreal things happening; lots of fear and suspense)
2. Some people have different, conflicting sides to their personality. In what ways can this conflict appear?
(part of them wants to do one thing, but another part wants to do something very different; part of them
is good, part is bad)
3. What instruments do you need to do a scientific experiment? (glass tubes and bottles; chemical
apparatus; heat; water; chemicals) What happens when you mix different chemicals? (the colours may
change; vapour may form; new shapes or forms are created)
4. In the story, a butler has worked for his employer for 20 years. What do you think their relationship is
like after such a long time? (they know each other well; they trust and respect each other; they worry
and care about each other; they feel responsible for one another)

K E Y V O C A B U L A RY

1. Pre-teach the following key vocabulary.

evil lawyer murder will (n) disappearance

frightening inherit terrified became pale

Ask the students to work in pairs. Ask each pair to write a story using as many of the words above as
possible. Tell them that they only have five minutes to write their story and that the students who use
the most words are the winners.
2. Pre-teach the following expressions which are used to show sequence.

at first in a few weeks once again suddenly two weeks later soon afterwards

Ask the students to work in small groups and write four sentences to describe an incident, showing the
order the events happened. Each sentence should contain one of the expressions in the box.

BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES

The Before Reading activities in the Burlington Reader Series general information leaflet, pages 8-11,
can be applied to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
In addition to the activities in the general leaflet, the students can then do the following activities.
1. Look at the picture on the front cover. When and where do you think the story takes place? (in the 19th
century, because of the clothes; in a city) What can you guess about the two men in the picture? (the
man behind is watching the man with the key, who is unaware of his presence; the man with the key
looks suspicious; his face is mostly hidden)
2. Read lines 5-12 on page 9 of the reader. What do you learn about the character called Hyde? (he’s small
and he’s got dark hair; there’s something strange and evil about him; he gives an impression of
deformity; he’s detestable)
3. Look at the picture on page 13. What do you think is the relationship between the two men in the
picture? Why do you think this? (they’re friends; they look comfortable with each other)
4. Read the last five lines of Chapter 2 on page 14. What do you learn about Dr Jekyll’s relationships with
Mr Hyde and Mr Utterson? (Dr Jekyll has an interest in Mr Hyde and wants to make sure things are
easy for him after his death; Mr Utterson is Dr Jekyll’s lawyer and must do as Dr Jekyll asks)

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AFTER READING: EXTRA CHALLENGES

MAKE YOUR STUDENTS THINK

Here are some points that more advanced students can be asked to consider after reading the book.
1. Why do you think Dr Jekyll wanted to divide himself into two different people?
2. What was the conflict between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
3. Do you think that Mr Hyde can be blamed for his bad behaviour? Explain your answer.
4. Imagine that you are Mr Utterson. What would you do after reading Dr Lanyon’s and Dr Jekyll’s
letters?
5. After Carew’s murder, Dr Jekyll tells Utterson, “I learned a lesson, a terrible lesson!” What was the
lesson?
6. Do you think Poole was correct or incorrect to turn to Mr Utterson instead of to the police? Give
reasons for your answer.

DRAMA ACTIVITIES AND PROJECT SUGGESTIONS

1. In small groups, work together to design a WANTED poster for Mr Hyde. Draw a picture of him.
Write a few words on your poster, in English, describing him and his crime. Offer a reward for his
capture.
2. Work with a partner. Discuss Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Make a list of their similarities and differences.
Then compare your list with another pair of students.
3. Work in groups of three. Each of you must choose a character in the story, but don’t tell your group
who you’ve chosen. The group must guess who your character is by taking turns to ask questions. You
may only answer Yes or No. When you have finished, decide which of the characters was the hardest
to guess.
4. Work in groups of 5 or 6 students and act out the scene after Mr Hyde hurt the little girl in the street.
5. Work with a partner and act out one of the following scenes: a) Hyde’s midnight visit to Dr Lanyon;
b) Utterson’s subsequent visit to Dr Lanyon; c) Poole’s visit to Mr Utterson.
6. Mr Hyde is looking for a new housekeeper. Write an advert for a newspaper. Include all the relevant
information you can think of, e.g. hours of work, pay, the characteristics that will be important to him.
7. Work with a partner. Act out the conversation that Utterson has with a policeman from Scotland Yard
after he notifies them of Carew’s death.
8. Imagine you are Dr Jekyll. Write the entry in your diary to describe how you felt the last time that
Poole brought you the wrong chemicals.
9. a. Write two short notes. Try to change your handwriting in each. Then compare the shape, size and
slant of each letter in each note. Which letters are the same in both notes? Which are different? Was
it easy to change your handwriting?
b. Now use an encyclopedia or search on the Internet to find out information about handwriting and
graphology. Write a paragraph and read it to the class.

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AFTER READING: GROUP WORK

TO THE TEACHER:
1. Hand out some of the following statements to the group.
2. The groups discuss the statements and provide examples from the text to support them.
3. The group spokesperson reports the group’s ideas to the whole class.

TO THE STUDENTS:
Discuss the following statements. Agree (Yes) or disagree (No) with them. Support your opinions with
observations and details from the story.

Yes (✓)
Statement Examples to support our opinion
No (x)
1. Hyde became violent without any reason.
2. Mr Utterson was not responsible or loyal
to his clients.
3. People know exactly why they dislike
Hyde so much.
4. The maid’s report to the police had a major
affect on Dr Jekyll’s life.
5. Hyde’s housekeeper, the old woman,
was sympathetic to Hyde.
6. The broken cane was an important clue
in the murder.
7. Poole was a faithful and caring servant
to Dr Jekyll.
8. Hyde was directly responsible for
Dr Lanyon’s death.
9. Utterson and Poole believed that Jekyll
was dead.
10. Finally, Dr Jekyll was satisfied with the
results of his experiment.

See the Burlington Reader Series general information leaflet, pages 13-15, for more After Reading
activities.

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POSSIBLE ANSWERS

1. Yes. p.29: Poole was worried because there was a

p.6: He jumped repeatedly on the little girl. strange man in Dr Jekyll’s laboratory. The man was
p.11: He shouted angrily at Utterson. wearing a mask.
p.14: He suddenly became angry for no reason with p.30: Poole knew he might be in danger but was
the old gentleman (Sir Danvers Carew) and began still prepared to help.
to hit him cruelly until he died.
8. No.
2. No. p.36-38: Hyde knew that seeing him change form
p.9: He didn’t want to reveal the name of the man and understanding the experiment would affect
on the cheque to Enfield because it was Jekyll, his Lanyon and change his life forever. However, he did
client. not know that it would cause Lanyon’s death.
p.10-11: He wanted to help Dr Jekyll by meeting
9. Yes.
Hyde because he was afraid that Hyde wanted to
p.28: Poole knew that it was not Jekyll’s voice in the
harm Jekyll.
laboratory. Eight days before, he heard a terrible
p.16-17: He helped the police when they turned to
scream. He thinks Jekyll is dead and someone else
him after the murder.
is now in his room.
p.25: He wanted to read Lanyon’s letter but didn’t,
p.33: Utterson was sure that Dr Jekyll was dead
because of its instructions.
and he and Poole searched for his body in the
3. No. laboratory. They believed Hyde killed him.
p.9: Enfield says, “He’s detestable, but I can’t
10. No.
explain why!”
p.38: Dr Jekyll understood that his discovery was
p.14: The maid says, “I don’t know why, but I don’t
not complete, but it was too late. He didn’t have
like that man!”
control over it. He wasn’t satisfied with the results
4. Yes. of his experiments because they had produced a
p.14: She identified Hyde as the murderer, which murderer.
meant that Jekyll could no longer take the potion
because it was not safe for him to become Hyde.
p.41: It also meant that Hyde could not leave the
laboratory because the police were looking for him.
5. No.
p.17: She seemed happy at the thought that Hyde
was in trouble with the police and smiled an evil
smile.
6. Yes.
p.16: The police found half of the cane beside Sir
Danvers Carew’s body.
p.19: The inspector found the other half of the cane
behind the door in Hyde’s room. This confirmed that
it was the murder weapon and that Hyde was the
murderer.
7. Yes.
p.26: Poole was very worried about Dr Jekyll and
came to Utterson for help.
p.28: Poole knew his master’s voice. He continued
to go to all the chemists in town to find the chemical
Jekyll wanted so badly, even though Jekyll was
never satisfied and even the chemists were angry
with him.

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WORKSHEET 1: Chapters 1-5

A. Match the words in A with their correct definition in B.

A B

1. purse ..... a. talked in a loud voice

2. several ..... b. without anyone else
3. get better ..... c. made a mistake
4. obey ..... d. a few, some
5. soon afterwards ..... e. famous
6. well-known ..... f. proposition
7. shouted ..... g. a short time later
8. was wrong ..... h. become healthy again
9. alone ..... i. follow someone’s instructions
10. suggestion ..... j. small bag for money

B. Complete the sentences with words from A above.

1. Mr Enfield made a ............................... that they all go to the bank together.

2. The name on the cheque was the name of a ............................... person.
3. Mr Enfield went ............................... times to the old building to examine it.
4. Mr Hyde went into the building and Mr Utterson was ............................... in the street.
5. “Dr Jekyll never talked to you about me,” Mr Hyde ............................... angrily.
6. Dr Jekyll’s servants had to ............................... Mr Hyde and do everything he asked.
7. The murderer didn’t take Sir Danvers’ ............................... or his gold watch.
8. “It will be easy to catch Hyde,” said the inspector, but he ............................... .
9. ............................... , Mr Utterson arrived home and invited Mr Guest to his house.
10. “I’m ill and I’m not going to ............................... ,” said Dr Lanyon.

C. Circle the correct words in each sentence.

1. Jekyll’s will was in (Lanyon’s pocket / Utterson’s desk).

2. Mr Utterson waited for Hyde (at Dr Jekyll’s house / near the building with the old door).
3. The inspector found (a broken cane / a letter) in Hyde’s room.
4. There were no clues on Hyde’s letter to Jekyll because (it came by post / a messenger brought it).
5. After Jekyll’s dinner party, (Lanyon / Utterson) became ill.
6. Mr Utterson wanted Mr Guest’s help with (Dr Jekyll’s will / Dr Jekyll’s letter).

D. Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence.

1. The next morning, everybody (went / has gone) to the bank.

2. Mr Utterson (read / has read) Dr Jekyll’s will many times since he received it.
3. “I (never saw / have never seen) Mr Hyde in the house,” said Mr Utterson.
4. Two weeks later, Dr Jekyll (invited / has invited) Mr Utterson for dinner.
5. The maid (didn’t call / hasn’t called) the police immediately after the murder.
6. “I (just found / have just found) a way to escape,” wrote Hyde.
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ANSWERS

A. 1. j
2. d
3. h
4. i
5. g
6. e
7. a
8. c
9. b
10. f

B. 1. suggestion
2. well-known
3. several
4. alone
5. shouted
6. obey
7. purse
8. was wrong
9. Soon afterwards
10. get better

C. 1. Utterson’s desk
2. near the building with the old door
3. a broken cane
4. a messenger brought it
5. Lanyon
6. Dr Jekyll’s letter

D. 1. went
2. has read
3. have never seen
4. invited
5. didn’t call
6. have just found

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WORKSHEET 2: Chapters 6-11

A. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

according quite knocked hairy bottom

addressed sure illness whole bored

1. Poole .......................... quietly on the front door.

2. Mr Utterson stood at the .......................... of the stairs, while Poole went upstairs.
3. Dr Jekyll bought .......................... a lot of a certain chemical a few months ago.
4. Perhaps Dr Jekyll had a strange .......................... and it changed his voice and appearance.
5. Two servants stood at the laboratory door and made .......................... nobody escaped.
6. Poole found a letter .......................... to Mr Utterson.
7. Dr Lanyon did everything .......................... to Dr Jekyll’s instructions.
8. The man’s .......................... body began to change and become bigger.
9. Dr Jekyll did his experiments because he was .......................... with his life.
10. Dr Jekyll had big hands but Hyde’s hands were small and .......................... .

B. Write T (True) or F (False) next to each sentence.

..... 1. Poole asked Mr Utterson to come to Jekyll’s house.

..... 2. Poole bought food for Jekyll several times, but Jekyll was never satisfied with it.
..... 3. Poole entered the laboratory and saw a man with a mask on his face.
..... 4. Only Hyde had a key to the laboratory door at the back of the building.
..... 5. Hyde was wearing clothes that were much too small for him.
..... 6. Dr Lanyon wrote to Mr Utterson about the letter he received from Mr Hyde.
..... 7. Hyde drank the potion and changed into Dr Jekyll in front of Lanyon.
..... 8. Hyde knew his life was in danger if he could no longer change into Jekyll.

C. There are three false sentences in Exercise B above. Correct them.

.......................................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................................................

D. Match A and B to form if sentences.

A B

1. If Utterson goes with Poole, ..... a. Poole and Utterson would find it.
2. If Jekyll got the chemical, ..... b. Hyde can’t change back into Jekyll.
3. If Dr Jekyll doesn’t open the door, ..... c. he could read Jekyll’s letter.
4. If Hyde has got a key, ..... d. Poole and Utterson will break it open.
5. If Jekyll’s body were in the building, ..... e. he would become normal again.
6. If Utterson wanted more information, ..... f. he’ll understand why Poole is worried.
7. If there is no more potion, ..... g. he can enter the laboratory through the door at the
back of the building.
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ANSWERS

A. 1. knocked
2. bottom
3. quite
4. illness
5. sure
6. addressed
7. according
8. whole
9. bored
10. hairy

B. 1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. T

C. 2. Poole bought a chemical for Jekyll several times, but Jekyll was never satisfied with it.
5. Hyde was wearing clothes that were much too big for him.
6. Dr Lanyon wrote to Mr Utterson about the letter he received from Dr Jekyll.

D. 1. f
2. e
3. d
4. g
5. a
6. c
7. b

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FINAL TEST

A. Choose the correct answer.

1. Mr Utterson recognised Sir Danvers Carew 4. Dr Jekyll discovered a way

because a. for each part of his personality to get
a. he once saw his picture in the newspaper. its own body.
b. Sir Danvers Carew was his client. b. to change his handwriting completely.
c. they were close friends. c. to change into any form he wanted.
2. According to Mr Guest, 5. Dr Jekyll couldn’t continue with the
a. Hyde’s handwriting showed that he was experiment because
mad. a. he understood that it was very dangerous.
b. Hyde’s and Jekyll’s handwriting were b. he was frightened of Hyde.
completely different. c. he couldn’t find an important chemical
c. Hyde’s and Jekyll’s handwriting were for the potion.
almost identical.
6. Dr Jekyll finally disappeared because
3. Poole was sure that a. Hyde killed Dr Jekyll with his cane.
a. Dr Jekyll was dead and someone else was b. Hyde was stronger and he couldn’t
in his room. change back to Jekyll.
b. Dr Jekyll murdered Hyde. c. Poole and Utterson opened the
c. Dr Jekyll was very ill, and wouldn’t get laboratory door.
better.
30 points (5 points each)

B. Choose the correct answer.

Dr Jekyll was a (1. well-known / alone) man, but he was (2. frightened / bored) with his life. He
wanted to express both the good and (3. pale / evil) sides of his nature. He did experiments and one day,
he (4. found / has found) a potion that separated his body into two parts, one for the good side of his
personality and (5. another / several) one for the bad side. Jekyll drank the potion and (6. changed /
was changing) into Edward Hyde. Finally, the Hyde side became (7. stronger / strongest) than the
Jekyll side. Dr Jekyll wanted to stop taking the potion, but he (8. couldn’t / shouldn’t).
One night, Jekyll drank the potion (9. once again / at first) and this time Hyde was more violent than
before. That night, Hyde (10. murdered / shouted) Sir Danvers Carew with his cane. The police found
a letter in Carew’s pocket (11. addressed to / according to) Mr Utterson, Jekyll’s lawyer.
(12. Soon afterwards / In the middle), Utterson and Poole went to Dr Jekyll’s room, but found
(13. each other / someone else) there. It was Hyde! Jekyll knew that if he continued as Mr Hyde, he
(14. will / would) be in danger. (15. Still / However), there was now no more potion and so Hyde
committed suicide.
45 points (3 points each)

C. Choose one topic and write a paragraph. Your paragraph should be at least 40 words long.
1. Dr Jekyll was very different from Mr Hyde. Compare the two men.
2. Describe the relationship between Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll.
3. Explain why Mr Utterson played an important part in the story.
25 points

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ANSWERS

A. 1. b
2. c
3. a
4. a
5. c
6. b

B. 1. well-known 6. changed 11. addressed to

2. bored 7. stronger 12. Soon afterwards
3. evil 8. couldn’t 13. someone else
4. found 9. once again 14. would
5. another 10. murdered 15. However

C. Accept all logical and grammatically correct answers.

Possible points for inclusion:
1. Dr Jekyll was basically good and wanted to have friends and a good reputation. Mr Hyde was bad.
Dr Jekyll was tall and strong, but Mr Hyde was small and thin, and had hairy hands. Dr Jekyll
didn’t want to do evil things and could control his actions. Mr Hyde, however, wanted to be bad and
seemed to have no control over his actions. Jekyll was friendly and kind, but Hyde was violent and
cruel.
2. Dr Lanyon and Dr Jekyll were very old friends. They met at dinner parties and were very
comfortable with each other. However, they no longer visited each other very often and when they
did, they argued about scientific questions. Dr Jekyll was able to ask Dr Lanyon for help when he
needed it, even though the request seemed very strange. Dr Lanyon did what Dr Jekyll asked
according to his strange instructions, but finally Lanyon didn’t even want to hear about Dr Jekyll.
3. The story is told from Mr Utterson’s perspective except for Dr Lanyon’s letter and Dr Jekyll’s
confession at the end. Mr Utterson is both Dr Jekyll’s and Dr Lanyon’s friend and each of them
explains his part of the story to Mr Utterson. Mr Utterson also knows of a strange relationship
between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, brings the police to Mr Hyde’s house after the murder and finally,
breaks into Dr Jekyll’s laboratory with Poole. This caused Mr Hyde to commit suicide.

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RE S T I O N S I N T H E R E A D E R
These answers relate to the questions on pages 45-47 of the reader itself.
Chapter 1
1. Mr Enfield saw a man jump repeatedly on a
girl’s body while she lay screaming on the
ground.
2. There was another person’s signature on the
cheque.
3. He thought this because the windows were clean
and smoke generally came out of the chimney.
4. The man was small and he had dark hair. There
was something evil about him and he gave an
impression of deformity. He was detestable.
Chapter 2
1. The name of the man in Chapter 1 is Hyde.
This name appears in Dr Jekyll’s will too.
2. Mr Utterson wanted to help Dr Jekyll, so he
decided to meet Hyde and began to watch the
building with the old door.
3. Dr Jekyll lived just around the corner from the
old building, on the other side of the courtyard.
4. In Mr Utterson’s opinion, Hyde wanted to harm
Dr Jekyll in order to inherit his money.
5. Dr Jekyll’s face became pale. He didn’t want to
talk about it.
Chapter 3
1. The maid saw Hyde hit the old gentleman
cruelly with his cane. He hit him so hard that
the cane broke. The old gentleman fell to the
ground and Hyde began to jump on him,
breaking his bones. A few minutes later, the man
was dead.
2. The police found a closed, stamped envelope in
the old gentleman’s pocket. On the envelope
were the name and address of Mr Utterson.
They brought the envelope to Mr Utterson and
told him about the murder.
3. Hyde used a heavy cane to kill Sir Danvers
Carew. Mr Utterson gave Dr Jekyll that cane
many years before.
4. The inspector found the other half of the broken
cane behind the door in Hyde’s room.
Chapter 4
1. Dr Jekyll was in an armchair near the fire in his
laboratory on the other side of the courtyard. He
looked very ill.
2. Dr Jekyll gave Mr Utterson a letter from Hyde.
3. Mr Utterson invited Guest to come to his house
because he trusted him completely and because
he also knew a lot about handwriting. Utterson
wanted Guest’s opinion of Hyde’s handwriting.
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4. The handwriting in the letter and the note was
almost identical. Only the angle was different.
Chapter 5
1. Dr Jekyll started inviting his friends to his house
again. He gave a lot of money to the poor and
became very religious. He was busy and he was
often out of the house.
2. The change in Dr Lanyon’s appearance shocked
Utterson. He was pale and thin, looked much
older and seemed to be terrified of something.
3. He was surprised because the letter contained
the words ‘death or disappearance’ just as in
Jekyll’s will.
4. Utterson learned that the doctor stayed in his
room above the laboratory most of the time.
Sometimes he even slept there. He didn’t do
anything. He only sat quietly in his chair.
5. Suddenly, there was an expression of terror on
Dr Jekyll’s face and he closed the window
quickly.
Chapter 6
1. Poole was frightened. He wanted to take Mr
Utterson to Dr Jekyll’s house.
2. Poole took a candle and went with Mr Utterson
to Dr Jekyll’s laboratory. Then he went upstairs
and knocked nervously on the door.
3. In Poole’s opinion, his master was dead and
someone else was in his room.
Chapter 7
1. The person wanted a certain chemical very
much. He shouted for it day and night. Every
day, sometimes two or three times a day, he
wrote an order for the chemical on a piece of
paper and threw it downstairs for Poole. Every
time Poole brought the chemical, the person was
angry because it wasn’t pure.
2. Mr Utterson’s explanation was that Dr Jekyll
had a strange illness. This illness changed his
voice and gave him a deformed appearance. He
wanted the chemical – to become normal again.
3. Poole’s master was tall and strong but the man
in the laboratory was small. Only Hyde had a
key to the laboratory door at the back of the
building. People felt a cold fear when they saw
Hyde and Poole felt that same cold fear when he
saw the man.
4. Mr Utterson’s explanation was that Hyde killed
Jekyll and was still in Jekyll’s room, but he
didn’t know why.

Chapter 8
1. Mr Utterson sent two servants to watch the door
at the back of the building to make sure that
nobody escaped from the back of the building.
2. It wasn’t easy for Poole to break open the door.
Poole had to use the hatchet five times before
the lock broke and the door fell into the room.
3. The body of a man lay on the floor in the
middle of the room. They turned it on its back
and saw Edward Hyde’s face. His clothes were
too big for him, more the size of Dr Jekyll’s
clothes. He had a glass in his hand with a
chemical in it.
4. He found Henry Jekyll’s new will with Mr
Utterson’s name instead of the name Edward
Hyde, a note from Henry Jekyll and another
big, closed envelope.
5. In my opinion, Mr Utterson didn’t call the
police immediately because he wanted to read
the papers first and because he didn’t want to
make problems for Dr Jekyll.
Chapter 9
1. Dr Lanyon took home a drawer. Inside the
drawer were some chemicals, a small glass
bottle and a notebook.
2. The man was small and there was something
strange and evil about him. His clothes were
expensive and of good quality, but they were
much too big for him. The man looked
ridiculous.
3. The mixture changed colour and vapour came
from the glass.
4. The man’s whole body began to change. It
became bigger, and then suddenly his face
became black and began to change, too. The
man changed into Henry Jekyll.
Chapter 10
1. Dr Jekyll wanted to separate the good part and
the bad part in him and give each part its own
body.
2. Hyde felt strange and new. He felt younger,
happier and free. He also felt really evil.
3. Hyde, the evil side of Jekyll’s personality, was
not as strong as the good side.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
4. One morning, he woke and noticed one of his
hands. Dr Jekyll had big, strong hands, but
these hands were small and hairy.
5. The Hyde side of Dr Jekyll was becoming
stronger than the Jekyll side. He decided that he
must choose between the two parts of his
personality and he chose Jekyll.
6. No, he wasn’t. He didn’t destroy the chemicals
and he kept Hyde’s house and clothes.
Chapter 11
1. Suddenly, Dr Jekyll felt cold and nauseous and
started to tremble violently. He was Edward
Hyde again!
2. He couldn’t go home because his servants knew
Hyde and would call the police. He had to get
the chemicals in order to change into Jekyll
again, so he decided to ask Dr Lanyon for help.
3. He began to change into Hyde often, so it was
impossible for him to leave the room. He
needed to be near the potion in order to change
into Jekyll.
4. The new potion didn’t have any effect because
the chemical wasn’t good. The first bag of the
chemical was not pure; there was something
else in it. That additional chemical made the
experiment work.
5. He drank the last glass of the potion and
changed into Hyde. Jekyll disappeared forever.