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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson: life

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. Stevenson spent most of his childhood in ________.
2. He studied ________ at university following in his father's footsteps, but did not like it.
3. He went to the ________ of England and the Continent to find a suitable climate for his poor health.
4. He graduated in ________ and soon started writing.
5. He rejected his family's principles and ________ on with his social environment.
6. He married an ________ woman and moved to Australia and Tahiti with her.
7. He died young of a brain ________.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: curiosities

Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.

A: The novel was immediately a success and was soon pirated in North America.

B: One copy of the novel was publicly burned by a bishop in London.

C: Preachers gave sermons about the novel in churches.

D: In 1999 the novel was adapted for the theatre and, after a performance of the play, Jack the Ripper started to kill women in London.

E: The novel has never been adapted for the cinema.

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Robert Louis Stevenson: works

Match the year of publication of Stevenson's works with their titles.

Kidnapped: ________
Treasure Island: ________
The Master of Ballantrae: ________
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: ________
New Arabian Nights: ________

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: plot

Put the following sentences related to the plot of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the correct order: write numbers from 1 to 5.

________ Mr Utterson discovers that Dr Jekyll has invented a potion that releases his evil side.
________ Mr Utterson relates the tale of a sinister man assaulting a young girl.
________ Mr Utterson investigates Dr Jekyll's life.
________ Dr Jekyll commits suicide in order to eliminate Mr Hyde.
________ Mr Utterson has some doubts about the strange behaviour of his friend.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: setting

Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.

A: The novel is set in Edinburgh in the 1870s.

B: Stevenson represented the city's 'double' nature through the contrast between the respectable West End and the poor East End.

C: The setting mirrored the hypocrisy of Victorian society.

D: Dr Jekyll's house was a symbol of the coexistence of a fair façade and a sinister rear side.

E: Almost the whole story happens under natural daylight.

F: The three crucial events of the novel are wrapped in darkness and fog.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: characters

The following features refer to the three characters listed below. Choose the correct alternative.

A: He has the role of a detective.

B: He is a friend and a colleague of Jekyll's.

C: He prefers to die than to live in an irrational world.

D: He speaks in the first person.

E: His confession takes place in the last chapter.

F: He is the first person to witness his friend's transformation.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: sources

Complete the sentences with the correct information.

1. The first idea of the novel came to Stevenson in the form of a ________.
2. While suffering from tuberculosis, Stevenson wrote down notes about a man who turns into a different being after swallowing a ________.
3. The ________ aspect of this story interested Stevenson, so he decided to write a first draft of the text.
4. Stevenson was one of many Victorian authors who focused on the ________ nature of the society they lived in.
5. Stevenson's ________ about man's nature prompted him to rebel against the ________ of his family.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: interpretations

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentence.

Hyde may represent

A: Darwin's primitive man.

B: a threat for mankind.

C: the symbol of repressed psychological instincts.

D: the unexplored regions of the human psyche.

E: a kind of 'Victorian Faust'.

F: the evil artist.

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: interpretations

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. Hyde is grotesque and has ________ traits.
2. Jekyll is ________ Mr Hyde.
3. ________ Faust, Jekyll has come to a deal with an interior evil which controls him.
4. The novel can be seen as a reflection on ________.
5. Jekyll's discover of his psyche is comparable to the ________ journey into the human self.

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: good vs evil

Read the text below and find the five mistakes in it.

The main theme of the novel is the opposition between good and evil. The two main characters, Jekyll and Hyde, are depicted as innovative figures of the good and the evil in man. Their moral condition is evident in their thoughts. So, while Jekyll is a handsome man with white hands, Hyde is pale and dwarfish, and his hands are dark and hairy. Jekyll is well proportioned, but Hyde gives an impression of intelligence. When Hyde wears Jekyll's fine clothes, they look too large for him, because he is smaller than his double. As Hyde becomes increasingly irrelevant in the story, so he gradually grows in stature, suggesting the control he is gaining over his evil twin.

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