Question

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

"Utterson, I swear to God,” cried the doctor, "I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again. I bind my honour to you that I am done with him in this world. It is all at an end. And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of.”

Read the prediction.

I predict that Dr. Jekyll will continue to associate with Mr. Hyde despite what he says to Mr. Utterson.

Which lines describing Dr. Jekyll confirm the prediction? Select three answers.

“He was busy, he was much in the open air, he did good . . .”
“. . . for more than two months, the doctor was at peace.”
“On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer.”
“The doctor, it appeared, now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet . . .”
“. . . he was out of spirits, he had grown very silent, he did not read . . .”

Answer 1

“The doctor, it appeared, now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet . . .”
“On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer.”
“. . . he was out of spirits, he had grown very silent, he did not read . . .”

Explanations: confining himself to the cabinet suggests secretive experiments/transformations (continued contact with Hyde); shutting the door on Utterson shows he’s deliberately excluding his friend and keeping company with someone else; being out of spirits and very silent indicates guilt/depression from ongoing involvement rather than a clean break.