Question

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Between these two, I now felt I had to choose.

Now read the excerpt from Darcy’s essay on Dr. Jekyll.

In the story, Dr. Jekyll repeatedly talks about having only two choices. Yet I know from my own experience that there are usually many options to choose from when dealing with human behavior—not just good or evil. This leads me to conclude that Dr. Jekyll had a strict, uncompromising, black-and-white view of the world that didn’t leave room for half measures and shades of gray.

In this excerpt, Darcy is

writing a summary.
making a prediction.
making an inference.
describing a strategy.

Answer 1

making an inference.

Darcy draws a conclusion about Dr. Jekyll’s mindset (a strict, black‑and‑white view) based on Jekyll’s words and Darcy’s own experience—that’s inferring, not merely summarizing, predicting, or describing a strategy.