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The Gothic Novel: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Test

Question 6 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . It was late in the afternoon, when Mr. Utterson found his way to Dr. Jekyll’s door, where he was at once admitted by Poole, and carried down by the kitchen offices and across a yard which had once been a garden, to the building which was indifferently known as the laboratory or dissecting rooms. This excerpt is part of the plot’s

Answer
A
exposition.
B
falling action.
C
climax.
D
rising action.

Explanation

This scene develops the mystery surrounding Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Utterson visits Jekyll and is led to the laboratory, a place connected to the story’s troubling events. It adds information and builds suspense rather than resolving the conflict, so it is part of the rising action. The correct choice is “rising action.”

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