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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 year begins Chapter 2?

2. How does Abberline treat the woman he knows as "Emma"?

3. What do Annie, Liz, and Mary believe about Polly's murder?

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

5. In the Prologue, what do the two men admit to hiding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What comprises the fourth dimension?

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

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

6. Describe William Gull's childhood and years in school.

7. What marks the conception of Adolf Hitler?

8. How is Polly snared by Gull and Netley?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the abuse of power in "From Hell" in the following format:

Part 1) Queen Victoria's orders to murder the blackmailers.

Part 2) The Nichol Mob.

Part 3) Gull's handling of Annie Crook.

Part 4) Gull's defense of his violence to Queen Victoria.

Part 5) Gull and Sir Charles Warren.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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