Question

Small indeed was my appetite. This inexplicable incident, this reversal of my previous experience, seemed, like the Babylonian finger on the wall, to be spelling out the letters of my judgment; and I began to reflect more seriously than ever before on the issues and possibilities of my double existence. What conclusion can the reader draw about Dr. Jekyll from this excerpt?

A.) He is a spiritual man devoted to his religious studies.

B.) He is concerned about the course of his experiment.

C.) He is worried about the financial responsibility of a double life.

D.) He is afraid of being exposed as a fraud.

Answer 1

B. He is concerned about the course of his experiment.

Answer 2

Answer: B.) He is concerned about the course of his experiment.

Dr. Jekyll is a meticulous, dedicated and friendly doctor, who nevertheless, sometimes is consumed with evil thoughts. In order to rid himself of these, he develops a serum. This experiment causes the evil thoughts to be personified in the character of Mr. Hyde.

In this passage, we can see that the doctor has performed his experiment, and is reflecting on the "issues and possibilities" of the outcome. This shows that he had become concerned about the course of his experiment.