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Part 1: Gothic Fiction: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Quiz

Question 9 • English Language Arts 12

Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow. By ten o’clock, when the shops were closed the by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent. Which detail from the excerpt best establishes the gothic setting?

Answer
A
“fine dry night”
B
“very solitary”
C
“ballroom floor”
D
“regular pattern”
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