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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 revelation does Gull make to Abberline?

2. What does Netley give to Liz?

3. How does Netley manage to pick up Kate Eddows?

4. Besides drinking, how does Mary Kelly spend her time awaiting her murder?

5. Where does Chapter 12 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Lees get Abberline to go to Gull's house?

2. How does Albert spend his time in Chapter 9?

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

4. What comprises the inquest and testimonies that Abberline endures for Mary's death?

5. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

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

7. Why does Lees call upon Abberline in Chapter 9?

8. What is heard outside of Mary Kelly's building, and what are the results?

9. How does Mary Kelly spend her days before her murder?

10. What does Gull do to Mary Kelly's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What role does the written word play in "From Hell"? How do the tactics of yellow journalism increase newspaper sales while inciting a frenzy in Whitechapel? How does the fear of the public give the Masons at Scotland Yard the idea to frame the innocent Druitt for the murders? How do the false letters from Jack the Ripper sensationalize the murders? For what reasons does Gull send in his own letter? How does Gull make sure it is known that his own letter is authentic? Why is Gull's letter particularly important to the themes of this novel (title notwithstanding)?

Essay Topic 3

"It is beginning, Netley. Only just beginning. For better or worse, the twentieth century. I have delivered it," Gull intones after one the murders. Analyze this statement in the following format:

Part 1) Theories of the fourth dimension.

Part 2) Gull's final journey on the fourth dimension.

Part 3) Gull's ideology.

Part 4) The contrast of Annie's daughter with Gull's beliefs.

Part 5) The significance of Abberline and Lees mentioning the coming of a world war in the Prologue and Epilogue.

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