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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 Gull do with the remnants of Mary's burnt body part?

2. What is sent along with the letter from Gull and Netley?

3. According to false evidence and the letter, who is Druitt identified as?

4. What goes unheeded in the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. After drugging Druitt, what do the Masons do to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

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

3. Describe Gull's trial by the Masons.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is in the letter Mary left for Abberline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Why does Gull frequently go into fugues during the murders? What visions does he experience in these times? How does the author blend fact with fiction during the murder of Annie? How does Gull's vision in the alleyway differ from the series of visions he suffers during the mutilation of Mary Kelly? What hints are given throughout the novel that Gull is merely hallucinating at these points? Conversely, what hints point to Gull truly experiencing what he sees in his visions? How do these fugues differ from the theories of the fourth dimension?

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