Which excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde uses direct characterization? a. 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.

b. I was so far in my reflections when, as I have said, a side light began to shine upon the subject from the laboratory table.

c. I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice.

d. I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil . . .

ANSWER IS: d. I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil . . .