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

2. While having a stroke, of what deity does Gull have a vision?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Jahbulon.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Allah.

3. How does Polly's family react to the news of her death?
(a) They want to be compensated.
(b) They do not care.
(c) They embark on their own investigation.
(d) They are devastated.

4. To what scene do people flock in Chapter 6?
(a) Scotland Yard.
(b) Abberline's interview.
(c) The scene of Polly's murder.
(d) The arrest of Pitzer.

5. With whom does Annie meet after speaking with Liz and Mary?
(a) Sickert.
(b) Her priest.
(c) Abberline.
(d) Her regular customer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Klara Hitler's vision, what does she see spilling out of a chapel?

4. In Chapter 7, who do Annie and Liza meet for a drink?

5. What name does Mary Kelly give Abberline instead of her real one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions does Alice's grandfather draw up concerning his daughter and the child?

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

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

4. What theory does Thick believe, and why?

5. What do Abberline and Lees discuss in the Prologue?

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

7. Why does Gull believe that killing the prostitutes is only the beginning for him?

8. What comprises the first encounter between Abberline and Mary Kelly?

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

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

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