Context

Question 1

Where was RLS born?

Answer 1

Edinburgh in 1850

Question 2

What professions did his family include?

Answer 2

Engineers, scientists, a professor philosophy and a religious minister

Question 3

What problems did RLS encounter as a child?

Answer 3

He had tuberculosis.

Question 4

What did RLS like to read about?

Answer 4

Travel and adventure

Question 5

What did RLS’s love of adventure and ill health lead to?

Answer 5

Him spending many years travelling the world to search for a climate healthier than Britain’s

Question 6

Where did RLS move to live in 1890?

Answer 6

Samoan Islands in the South Pacific

Question 7

What year did RLS die?

Answer 7

1894

Question 8

What year did Darwin publish his Origin of Species?

Answer 8

1859

Question 9

What did many people see Darwin’s book as?

Answer 9

An attack on religion as the book made it impossible to believe God created the world in seven days

Question 10

What theory did Darwin put forward?

Answer 10

That all life evolved from more primitive forms

Question 11

What were people’s views on Science and Religion at the time of the release of Darwin’s book?

Answer 11

That science and a belief in religion and the supernatural were at odds with each other. There was pressure to choose between the two.

Question 12

What did people believe about science?

Answer 12

It was becoming dangerous and was meddling with matters only God had control over

Question 13

When were the Jack the Ripper murders?

Answer 13

1888

Question 14

True or False?

Stevenson did follow his parent’s expectations of him as a religious scholar.

Answer 14

False.
Stevenson did NOT follow his parent’s expectations of him as a religious scholar.
He became a bohemian who was critical of upper class hypocrisy and bourgeois values.

Question 15

What was the economy like in Britain while the book was being wrote?

Answer 15

The book was written when the economic growth in England was booming, induced by the industrial revolution.
The Victorian period also saw a change in societal conventions - science played a more important role and there was a shift from religion to scientific theories.
The views of morality also changed: people started to engage in questionable activities and behaviours.

Question 16

Why was the location of Hyde’s door in the first chapter chosen?

Answer 16

The location of Hyde’s door in the first chapter was chosen by Stevenson, because it was notorious for crimes and criminal activities, prostitution and opium dens where well-respected men would visit brothels and consume opium.

Question 17

What is the significance of the fog in the novel?

Answer 17

The fog is dirty and is associated with the depraved parts of London.
The fog also disguises and hides Hyde’s criminal activities.

Question 18

Who was Deacon Brodie?

Answer 18

This man was a well-respected cabinet maker and pillar of the community - who was also a member of the local council and a representative of government.

Question 19

How did Brodie make his money?

Answer 19

Brodie made his fortune by fixing locks and door mechanisms for people’s homes in the city.

Question 20

What is the definition of debauchery?

Answer 20

Excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

Question 21

How did Brodie exhibit debauchery?

Answer 21

At night, he frequented the worst parts of Edinburgh and he drank excessive amounts of alcohol. He had two mistresses and a passion for gambling, and he had five illegitimate children as a result.

Question 22

How did Brodie fund his debauchery?

Answer 22

To fund his debauchery, he started to steal from people as he entered their houses to repair doors.
Brodie was a master burglar, and he hid his crimes well from the rest of society, and managed to maintain his façade.

Question 23

Who was Sigmund Freud?

Answer 23

A psychologist, worked over psychoanalysis between 1856 and 1938. He developed his personality theory.

Question 24

What was Freud’s idea that could have inspired RLS?

Answer 24

The human psyche (personality) has more than one aspect.
Freud saw the psyche structured into three parts: the id, ego and superego, all developing at different stages in our lives.

Question 25

What is the Id of Freud’s personality theory?

Answer 25

The id is the primitive and instinctive component of personality that includes sexual and aggressive instincts.

Question 26

What is the Ego of Freud’s personality theory?

Answer 26

The ego mediates between the unrealistic id and the external real world. It is the decision making component of personality.

Question 27

What is the Superego of Freud’s personality theory?

Answer 27

The superego incorporates the values and morals of society which are learned from one’s parents and others. The superego’s function is to control the id’s impulses, especially those which society forbids, such as sex and aggression.