Transcript Chapter 8 True or False

Chapter 8
True or false?
Read through the following statements all
about Chapter 8 of The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
 Which do you think are true and which do
you think are false?
 Find a quotation/page reference for each to
get extra points!
1) The first thing that Mr Utterson asks Poole
when he arrives is whether he is unwell.
True or false?
“… what brings you here?” p.37
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2) Poole says he has been afraid for about 7
days.
True or false?
“I’ve been afraid for about a week,” p.37
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3) Stevenson describes how Mr Utterson’s face is
pale as he follows Poole to Dr Jekyll’s house.
True or false?
The moon is described as ‘pale’ whereas the
wind ‘flecked the blood into the face.’ p.38
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4) Mr Utterson thinks that Poole’s belief about Dr Jekyll
being murdered cannot be true as the murderer would
not have stayed locked in the cabinet.
True or false?
“That won’t hold water; it doesn’t commend
itself to reason.” p.40
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5) The figure locked in the cabinet has been
requesting a drug.
True or false?
“This drug is wanted bitter bad, sir,” p.40
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6) Poole describes the figure as making a
sound like a weasel.
True or false?
“like a rat” p.41
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7) Mr Utterson arms himself with a kitchen
poker.
True or false?
“you might take the kitchen poker for
yourself.” p.42
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8) More than anything else, Poole is convinced that the
figure in the cabinet is Mr Hyde because of the way that
he looks.
True or false?
“there was something queer about that
gentleman- something that gave a man a
turn — […] you felt in your marrow kind of
cold and thin.” p.42
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9) The breaking of the locked door could symbolise that
secrets will no longer remain hidden in the novel.
True or false?
‘the lock burst in sunder and the wreck of the
door fell inwards on the carpet.’ p.44
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10) The thing they are most surprised to find in
the room is the residue of the drugs Dr Jekyll had
been requesting.
True or false?
The mirror surprises them most — “what
could Jekyll want with it?” p.46
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11) Dr Jekyll’s most recent will leaves
everything to Mr Utterson.
True or false?
‘ … in place of the name of Edward Hyde, the
lawyer, with indescribable amazement, read
the name of Gabriel John Utterson.’ p.46
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