Question

“what! jekyll!” he cried. “i trust you are better.”
“i am very low, utterson,” replied the doctor drearily, “very low. it will not last long, thank god.”
“you stay too much indoors,” said the lawyer. “you should be out, whipping up the circulation like mr. enfield and me. (this is my cousin—mr. enfield—dr. jekyll.) come now; get your hat and take a quick turn with us.”
“you are very good,” sighed the other. “i should like to very much, but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; i dare not.”
read the excerpt from chapter 10 of the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde.
under the strain of this continually impending doom and by the sleeplessness to which i now condemned myself, ay, even beyond what i had thought possible to man, i became, in my own person, a creature eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak both in body and mind, and solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self.
how does dr. jekyll’s confession answer questions about his strange behavior toward mr. utterson and mr. enfield?
it reveals why jekyll looked so sad and would not join the men.
it reveals where jekyll obtained the chemicals to change himself.
it reveals how mr. utterson found and disclosed hyde’s true identity.
it reveals what frightened the men when they looked in the window.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• First option: The confession says Jekyll was “eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak” and “solely occupied by the horror of my other self”. This matches his sad look and refusal to join Utterson and Enfield (from the dialogue: “I should like to very much, but no, no, no, it is quite impossible; I dare not”).
• Second option: The confession doesn’t mention where he got chemicals.
• Third option: The confession is about Jekyll’s state, not how Utterson found Hyde’s identity.
• Fourth option: The confession doesn’t relate to what frightened the men at the window.

So the first option is correct.

Answer:

A. It reveals why Jekyll looked so sad and would not join the men.