Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Part 1
1. Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile. cold scanty and embarrassed in
discourse backward in sentiments lean, long dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings and when the wine
was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye: something indeed which never found its way into his talk
but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was
sustere with himselt drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages, and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not
crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others, sometimes wondering almost with envy
at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds and in any extremity incined to help rather than to reprove
2. incline to, Cain's heresy he used to say "let my brother go to the devil in his quaintly own way. In this character, it was
frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men. And to
such as these so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour.
3. No doubt the feat was easy to Mr. Utterson for he was undemonstrative at the best and even his friendship seemed to be
founded in a similar catholicity of good-nature. It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly cirde ready-made from the
hands of opportunity, and that was the lawyer's way. His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the
longest his affections like ivy were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no doubt the bond that
united him to Mr. Richard Enfield, his distant insman, the well-known man about town. It was a nut to crack for many what these
two could see in each other, or what subject they could find in common. It was reported by those who encountered them in their
Sunday walks that they said nothing, looked singularly dull and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend. For at
that the two men put the greatest store by these excursions, counted them the chief jewel of each week, and not only set aside
occasions of pleasure, but even resisted the calls of business, that they might enjoy them uninterrupted
The biblical story of Cain and Abel is a story about two brothers who gave offerings to God. Aber's offering was accepted by God but Cain's
was not, Jealous, Cain killed his brother. When God asked Cain where Abel was, Cain said, Am I my brother's keeper? By saying this. Cain
implied that what his brother did was his own business. (Genesis 4:1-16)
What does the author suggest with the line "sometimes wondering almost with envy? S points)
Oь
Mr. Utterson sometimes seems to appear envious of those who don't follow the rules
Mr. Utterson has learned to control his envy to the point where he never experiences it
Mr. Utterson wonders how he has met such a large number of envious people in his life
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Mr. Utterson is aware that most people envy his inherited money and extravagant lifestyle