Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. he [hyde] put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp. a cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as i looked there came, i thought, a change—he seemed to swell—his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter—and the next moment, i had sprung to my feet and leaped back against the wall, my arms raised to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in terror. which is the best summary of the events described? hyde’s face starts to swell, and his features begin to change. he then takes a drink from the glass as lanyon looks on in terror. hyde’s features begin to change drastically. lanyon watches for a moment before running out of the room in fear. hyde drinks from the glass and begins staggering around. lanyon watches hyde’s features change and leaps back in horror. hyde raises the glass to his lips and drinks all the liquid in one gulp. immediately after, he starts to convulse and stagger.

The correct answer is C) Hyde drinks from the glass and begins staggering around.  Lanyon watches Hyde’s features change and leaps back in horror.

Hyde first drinks from the content of the glass and then he starts staggering around and stumbling into things. Only then his features start to change “his face became black and features seemed to melt and alter”, which led Layton to leap back against the wall in horror and cover himself from that sight.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).