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

2. With whom does Annie meet after speaking with Liz and Mary?

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

4. While having a stroke, of what deity does Gull have a vision?

5. Who is not depicted in Chapter 3 as being part of Mary Kelly's circle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What comprises the fourth dimension?

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

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

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

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

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. What is Gull's belief in societal power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do the Freemasons play in this novel? Why is their power so immense? How does their power, at times, eclipse even that of Victoria? How does Gull's involvement with the Masons relate not only to his heat-stroke, but to his cryptic message written by Liz Stride's body? How do the Freemasons effectively manipulate society for their own gain? How does this relate to the fates of Montague John Druitt and Gull?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Gull frequently go into fugues during the murders? What visions does he experience in these times? How does the author blend fact with fiction during the murder of Annie? How does Gull's vision in the alleyway differ from the series of visions he suffers during the mutilation of Mary Kelly? What hints are given throughout the novel that Gull is merely hallucinating at these points? Conversely, what hints point to Gull truly experiencing what he sees in his visions? How do these fugues differ from the theories of the fourth dimension?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the mistreatment of women in "From Hell" and how it relates to the overall class structure of London in this time in the following format:

Part 1) Annie and Polly's histories.

Part 2) Polly's family.

Part 3) The abuse of the Nichol Mob.

Part 4) Annie Crook.

Part 5) Sickert and Albert's relationship with the women.

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