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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. What startling discovery is made about Polly's body when taken to the morgue?

2. What service does Mary Kelly render for Sickert?

3. What is Mary Kelly's relationship to Sickert?

4. When Albert is being forced out of Alice's rooms, what title does Mary Kelly hear addressed to Albert?

5. What is the occupation of Robert Lees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the inquest Abberline attends in Chapter 6.

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

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

5. What is significant about Annie Crook's pregnancy and marriage to Albert?

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

7. What theory does Thick believe, and why?

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

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

10. What comprises the fourth dimension?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is "From Hell" a scathing look at the upper class in both Victorian and modern society? How does Prince Albert exemplify these perversions? How does Queen Victoria, Albert's mother, view her son? Why is it important to note that Gull is constantly treating Albert for syphilis? How does this relate to the upper class' views on the lower class? How does the author relate Victorian society to modern society? How does Gull's repulsion with the modern world coincide with his goals to strengthen the rule of men over women?

Essay Topic 2

What role does architecture play in this novel? How does Gull's tour of London with Netley reveal how architectural design coincides with Gull's own mystical ideology? Why are the obelisks and ancient buildings so important to Gull and his rituals? How is this apparent when Gull mystically tours a modern office building? How do the buildings serve as markers for each crime scene?

Essay Topic 3

In the Epilogue, Abberline remarks that he and Lees, along with the deceased Druitt, are also victims of Jack the Ripper. What does Abberline mean by this statement? How does his view of being a victim relate to that of Druitt or the murdered prostitutes? How have Abberline and Lees' lives been inexorably altered by their knowledge of Gull? Are there any other victims of Jack the Ripper such as Abberline and Lees? If so, who are they and why?

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