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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 sort of relationship does Albert pursue with Annie during Chapter 1?

2. How does Polly's family react to the news of her death?

3. In Chapter 4, why does Queen Victoria order Gull to kill Mary Kelly and her accomplices?

4. Where does Chapter 6 begin?

5. In this book, who is responsible for the first letter from the murderer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the inquest Abberline attends in Chapter 6.

5. In what condition is Annie during Chapter 7?

6. What assumptions are made about Polly's dead body, and what discoveries happen at the morgue?

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

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

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

10. What marks the conception of Adolf Hitler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the fourth dimension? How do the other characters react to this theory? What is significant about the conception of Hitler being linked to Gull's first murder? What happens to Gull in his final moments alive? How is the fourth dimension utilized in the framing of this story? Do other characters beyond Gull appear to grasp its significance? How is the fourth dimension linked to Gull's mysticism and beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your answers.

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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