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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 Mary Kelly learn when she makes her payment for protection to the Nichol Mob?

2. For what reason is Whitechapel in a frenzy at the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. Why does Liz spit out the grapes?

4. What is significant about Druitt's acquaintance, who gets him drunk?

5. Why does Druitt lose his job as a teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads up to Gull and Netley writing the letter "from Hell"?

2. For what reasons does Druitt attend and subsequently leave the homosexual party?

3. What is the result of Abberline taking his information about Gull to his superiors?

4. How do Albert and Sickert deal with the former's guilty conscience?

5. Who is Montague John Druitt?

6. What discovery does Mary Kelly make in Chapter 8?

7. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

8. Describe Gull's visions during his mutilation of Mary's corpse.

9. Describe Gull's trial by the Masons.

10. For what reasons does Gull mistake Kate Eddows for Mary Kelly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Mary Kelly's relationship with Abberline in the following format:

Part 1) Their initial meetings at the bar.

Part 2) Mary Kelly using the name of "Emma".

Part 3) Abberline's loan to Mary.

Part 4) Mary agreeing to a future sexual liaison

Part 5) Abberline's inability to recognize the dead Mary Kelly as "Emma."

Essay Topic 3

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?

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