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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. At the end of Chapter 4, what does Gull believe about his orders to kill the four women?
(a) He is smiting God by doing so.
(b) He is divinely inspired.
(c) They are misguided.
(d) He will become king of England by doing so.

2. To what case is Abberline assigned?
(a) Polly's murder.
(b) Annie's mutilation.
(c) Alice's kidnapping.
(d) Albert's disappearance.

3. What do Annie, Liz, and Mary believe about Polly's murder?
(a) Polly ran across a bad John.
(b) Polly was mistaken for someone else.
(c) Polly committed suicide.
(d) The Nichol mob murdered her.

4. Who is not depicted in Chapter 3 as being part of Mary Kelly's circle?
(a) Annie Crook.
(b) Liz Stride.
(c) Annie Chapman.
(d) Mary "Polly" Nicholls.

5. What does Gull frequently do with Dr. Hinton in the early mornings?
(a) Teach students.
(b) Walk through Whitechapel.
(c) Dissect dead bodies.
(d) Steal corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Polly's family react to the news of her death?

2. When Abberline attends the inquest, how does he find the testimonies?

3. How does William Gull force Annie Crook into derangement?

4. What sort of relationship does Albert pursue with Annie during Chapter 1?

5. What food is given to Annie by Gull?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the discussion on Martha Tabram?

4. What comprises the fourth dimension?

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

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

7. What assumptions are made about Polly's dead body, and what discoveries happen at the morgue?

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

9. What happens after Annie leaves her pensioner's house?

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

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