Question 134 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.It was thus rather the exacting nature of my aspirations than any particular degradation in my faults, that made me what I was, and, with even a deeper trench than in the majority of men, severed in me those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man’s dual nature. In this case, I was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.
Answer
A
with people that made him dislike society.
B
within himself that lead him to create Hyde.
C
with nature that caused him to withdraw inside himself.
D
within the scientific community over the creation of Hyde.
Explanation
Jekyll says that good and evil were separated within him more deeply than in most people, and that he reflected on this divided nature. This points to a conflict within himself, which leads him to create Hyde as an expression of his evil side. Choice B describes that internal conflict.
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