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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 is strange about Gull's treatment of Liz?

2. What is Mary Kelly's reaction to her husband's refusal to go along with her hard-living before her murder?

3. Why do Abberline's superiors order him and Lees to never speak of Gull again?

4. Why has Liz been forced to the streets?

5. What part of Mary's body does Gull burn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Liz's body not disfigured by Gull?

2. Who is Montague John Druitt?

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

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

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

6. For what reasons is the deceased Druitt identified as Jack the Ripper?

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

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. What discovery does Mary Kelly make in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Gull in the following format:

Part 1) His work as a Freemason.

Part 2) His misogyny and religious beliefs.

Part 3) His relationship to Netley and Queen Victoria.

Part 4) His fugues.

Part 5) His trajectory upon the fourth dimension, ending with the confrontation with Alice.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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