Read the extracts from the novel below and answer the questions set on each.
The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected
length of your answer.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 2.1 AND
QUESTION 2.2.
2.1 EXTRACT C
[Mr Utterson is at one of Dr Jekyll’s dinner parties.]
[Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease]
2.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches a name in
COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers
(2.1.1(a) to 2.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK.
(4)
2.1.2 Refer to lines 1–5 (‘What I heard … mended by talking’).
(a) What is ‘abominable’ (line 1) about what Mr Utterson has heard? (2)
(b) Describe the atmosphere between Dr Jekyll and Mr Utterson in
lines 1−5. (2)
Substantiate your answer.
2.1.3 Refer to lines 8–9 (‘My good Utterson … thank you in’).
(a) What tone would Dr Jekyll use in these lines? (1)
(b) Why would Dr Jekyll use this tone in these lines? (1)
2.1.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence.
Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (2.1.4) in
the ANSWER BOOK.
When Dr Jekyll mentions ‘it’ (line 15), he refers to the …
(A) experiment.
(B) letter.
(C) will.
(D) confession (1)
2.1.5 What does this extract reveal about Mr Utterson’s character?
Substantiate your answer (2)
2.1.6 Refer to the novel as a whole.
Explain the irony in the death of Mr Hyde. (2)
2.1.7 Refer to the novel as a whole.
Dr Lanyon’s attitude to science is better than that of Dr Jekyll.
Discuss your view. (3)
2.2 EXTRACT D
[ Mr Utterson and Poole are discussing Dr Jekyll’s strange behaviour.]
[The Last Night]
2.2.1 Refer to lines 1–4 (‘ “This is a … dirt,” returned Poole’).
(a) What is written in the note? (2)
(b) Why does the man at Maw’s throw the note back at Poole in
lines 3–4? (1)
2.2.2 Refer to line 17 (‘why had he … upon his face?’).
Mr Utterson tells Poole that the man he (Poole) saw was wearing a
mask.
(a) How does Mr Utterson explain the ‘mask’ to Poole after this
extract? (2)
(b) If the man wearing the mask, as Mr Utterson suspects, is
indeed Mr Hyde, what is so strange about Mr Hyde’s
behaviour? (1)
2.2.3 Refer to line 18 (‘he cry out … run from me?’).
(a) Identify the figure of speech in this line. (2)
(b) Explain how this figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2)
2.2.4 Why is the following statement FALSE?
In this extract, the conversation between Mr Utterson and Poole
takes place in Hyde’s house in Soho. (1)
2.2.5 One of the themes in the novel is that good and evil exist in all
human beings.
Discuss how this theme is revealed through Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. (3)
2.26 Friendship plays an important role in revealing the mystery of
Mr Hyde.
Discuss your view (3)
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TOTAL SECTION A: 35