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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 sensations does Abberline feel while investigating Mary's body?

2. What is Albert in treatment for with Gull?

3. While drinking with Druitt, what does his acquaintance trick him into writing?

4. Who is snubbed by Gull in Chapter 9?

5. Why does Abberline not recognize Mary Kelly's corpse as "Emma"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Warren erase the message left by Jack the Ripper?

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

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

8. How does Gull justify his violence to Queen Victoria in Chapter 9?

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

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

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 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 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?

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