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What form is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: novel, novella or short story?
A novella.
Which genre is the novel most often placed in?
Gothic fiction (also a detective or mystery story).
How many chapters does the novel have?
Ten.
Through which character’s eyes are the first eight chapters mostly seen?
Utterson’s, in third-person narration.
Which two chapters are first-person written documents?
Dr Lanyon’s Narrative (Chapter 9) and Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case (Chapter 10).
In which chapter does the reader first learn that Jekyll and Hyde are one man?
Chapter 9, Dr Lanyon’s Narrative.
What is the title of Chapter 1?
Story of the Door.
What is the title of Chapter 8?
The Last Night.
What wordplay does Utterson make on Hyde’s name?
“If he be Mr. Hyde … I shall be Mr. Seek”: a pun on hide and seek.
Which device links the fog in Chapter 4 to the dark events of the plot?
Pathetic fallacy.
In Chapter 10, which pronoun does Jekyll switch to for Hyde?
“He” instead of “I”: “He, I say—I cannot say, I.”