Question

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

"It is well," replied my visitor. "Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors—behold!"

He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth . . .

The point of view in the excerpt allows the reader to

know Hyde’s thoughts and feelings directly.
know Lanyon’s thoughts and feelings through Hyde’s dialogue and actions.
know Lanyon’s thoughts and feelings directly.
know Hyde’s thoughts and feelings through his dialogue and actions.

Answer 1

know Hyde’s thoughts and feelings through his dialogue and actions.

The narrator reports what characters say and do (their behavior and speech), so the reader infers Hyde’s feelings from his actions and words rather than accessing his inner thoughts directly.