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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abberline note would have been the result if he and Lees had not gone along with the conspiracy in the Prologue?
(a) They would have been murdered.
(b) They would have been admired throughout their country.
(c) They would have been discredited.
(d) They would have been exiled.

2. In what year is the Prologue set?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1912.

3. What moniker is given to the murderer by the false letter?
(a) Jack the Ripper.
(b) The Gentleman Caller.
(c) The Ladies Man.
(d) Saucy Jacky.

4. In Chapter 4, why does Queen Victoria order Gull to kill Mary Kelly and her accomplices?
(a) Mary is telling everyone about Alice.
(b) Victoria wants to dissolve Albert's marriage to Mary.
(c) Victoria saw the blackmail letter sent to Sickert.
(d) Mary spat at the Queen.

5. When Abberline attends the inquest, how does he find the testimonies?
(a) Clear.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Confusing.
(d) There are no testimonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what case is Abberline assigned?

2. What is the point of the tactic discussed by Best and Gibbs?

3. What sort of school does William Gull go to as a young man?

4. While traveling to London with Netley, what shape does Gull order their route to take?

5. How does Abberline treat the woman he knows as "Emma"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sickert's relationship with Mary Kelly?

2. What leads Mary Kelly and the three prostitutes to blackmail Sickert?

3. What revelations does Mary Kelly make to Sickert in Chapter 3?

4. What marks the conception of Adolf Hitler?

5. What comprises Gull's meeting to Sir Charles Warren?

6. What happens when Gull has a stroke in Chapter 2?

7. What is Gull's belief in societal power?

8. What theory does Thick believe, and why?

9. Why does Whitechapel become gripped with hysteria at the end of Chapter 7?

10. How does "Jack the Ripper" get his name?

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