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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Context
Discover the Victorian context behind Jekyll and Hyde, from new scientific ideas to social fears, and see how background beliefs shape characters, setting and key GCSE exam themes.
1 .
Which book published in 1859 dramatically changed accepted views about nature?
On Liberty
The Origin of Species
Das Kapital
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Charles Darwin's book, The Origin of Species proposed the theory of evolution, the development of species over time. The book was immensely popular, as well as controversial. Dr Jekyll likewise sees himself as pushing the accepted boundaries of science
2 .
"And still the figure had no face by which he might know it; even in his dreams, it had no face, or one that baffled him and melted before his eyes." To what use does Mr Utterson put his horrific dreams about Hyde?
He acts upon his dreams and decides to see Mr Hyde
He ignores his dreams, only later running into Hyde by chance
He dismisses his dreams as well as the idea that his friend is in danger
He asks a friend to interpret his dreams
Mr Utterson's dreams are shown to be accurate: Dr Jekyll has become almost powerless to control Mr Hyde. The dream is also symbolic: Mr Hyde is faceless not because Utterson has never met him before, but because he is part of Jekyll and also representative of abstract evil
3 .
Dr Jekyll's desire to understand and to control his personality by means of science is related to which of the following fields of study?
Physics
Sociology
Geometry
Psychology
The first laboratory explicitly dedicated to the study of psychology was set up by Wilhelm Wundt in 1879 in Leipzig, only a few years before the publication of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
4 .
Mr Enfield refers to the building with the strange door as "Black Mail House", but does not believe its owner to be Dr Jekyll, who, he says, "lives in some square or other". Why does Mr Enflied not realise that Dr Jekyll's address is the same as that of the building in the by-street?
Dr Jekyll has misled him
Mr Hyde has misled him about the address
An address in "some square or other" would not be in such a squalid street as that of the strange door
Mr Enfield is not a Londoner and is therefore not very familiar with the geography of the city
The novella's geography of London encompasses the squalid and the gracious, emphasising the class distinctions between the rich and the urban poor
5 .
When Mr Utterson is haunted by thoughts of Mr Hyde after hearing Mr Enfield's story, he reimagines the scene as appearing "before his mind in a scroll of lighted pictures". What similar technology was available to Victorians at the time of the novella's publication?
The magic lantern
Silent film
The Polaroid camera
The digital camera
The magic lantern could project images upon a wall and was a popular form of entertainment. Mr Utterson's description sounds similar to cinematic film, which was first produced shortly after the novella's publication
6 .
The novella contains elements of several different genres. Which of the following genres does NOT contribute to the novel?
Horror
Science Fiction
The Gothic
Historical fiction
The text is set in a time contemporary to Stevenson's own, and is therefore not an example of historical fiction
7 .
Which notorious murders took place in London in 1888, only two years after the novella's publication?
The Pimlico Mystery
The murder of Lord William Russell
Jack the Ripper's murders
The Dr Crippen case
Performances of the play Jekyll and Hyde were halted in response to the murders
8 .
"There is something more, if I could find a name for it. God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say?" What is meant by the term "troglodytic"?
Mythical creatures
Ancient, primitive human beings who lived in caves
Sea-dwellers
Aliens
The use of the term highlights a fear amongst Victorian society that if humankind can evolve, it is also possible to regress, to become more primitive
9 .
When was Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde first published?
1786
1836
1886
1936
The book was published towards the end of the nineteenth century, a century which saw much technological, scientific and social change
10 .
Robert Louis Stevenson gained a degree in which field?
Medicine
Literature
Law
History
He had originally planned to follow the family business by becoming an engineer
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