Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted.

Where in the plot is this excerpt found?

resolution
falling action
climax
rising action

Answer 1

Falling action.

This scene occurs after the climactic murder of Sir Danvers Carew and shows the immediate investigation and discovery of evidence (the cheque book), which advances the plot toward its consequences and resolution.