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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 affectionate gesture does Gull perform on Mary's body?

2. How do the Masons hide Gull away?

3. How is Albert soothing his guilty conscience with his schoolfriend?

4. Whom does Abberline see at the murder scene?

5. What does a police officer tell Gull about Kate Eddows, who has given a false name upon arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

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

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

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

5. Who is Montague John Druitt?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Mary Kelly agree to a sexual liaison with Abberline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways do the murders of the five women highlight Gull's deep-seated misogyny? What is significant about the mutilations in terms of Gull's fear of women? Why is Gull only able to feel affection for Mary Kelly after he has destroyed her body? What does Gull mean when he says, "Do you understand how I have loved you? You'd have all been dead in a year or two from liver failure, men, or childbirth. Dead. Forgotten. I have saved you. Do you understand that? I have made you safe from time, and we are wed in legend, inextricable within eternity." How does this contrast with Gull's treatment of his wife and his relationship with Queen Victoria?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of homosexuality in "From Hell" in the following format:

Part 1) Albert and Sickert's relationship.

Part 2) Albert soliciting sexual favors from his friends to ease his guilty conscience.

Part 3) Druitt and his dismissal from his school.

Part 4) The party Druitt attends.

Part 5) Mary Kelly's brief, lesbian relationships before her death.

Compose a clear thesis statement and use the above as a guideline.

Essay Topic 3

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."

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