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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how is Mary Kelly earning a living?

2. Why does Sickert object to Albert's marriage to Annie?

3. In what condition is Annie after losing the fight in Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Lees admit to Abberline about his previous occupation during the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gull bring Annie Crook into his asylum, and how is she treated?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What theory does Thick believe, and why?

8. Describe the inquest Abberline attends in Chapter 6.

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

10. How is Polly snared by Gull and Netley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For what purpose do the grapes serve? Why are Annie and Polly easily sated by the grapes? Of what are these grapes symbolic? Why are grapes such a treat for the prostitutes? What is significant about Liz Stride spitting out the grapes and mentioning the foul taste? How does Gull's response to Liz's refusal of the grapes mark an escalation in his violence? Why is it noteworthy that Gull does not bother trying to ply Kate or Mary Kelly with the grapes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Gull in the following format:

Part 1) His work as a Freemason.

Part 2) His misogyny and religious beliefs.

Part 3) His relationship to Netley and Queen Victoria.

Part 4) His fugues.

Part 5) His trajectory upon the fourth dimension, ending with the confrontation with Alice.

Essay Topic 3

For what purpose is Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man," featured in this novel? Why does Gull continually greet him by the name "Ganesh"? Why does Gull force Polly to observe Merrick and repeat Gull's salutation? What is significant about the teapot Gull uses to burn Mary Kelly's heart? Why does Gull hold Merrick in such high esteem, and how does this contrast with the real-life Merrick's personality?

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