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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. Who is snubbed by Gull in Chapter 9?

2. What does Lees claim to have to Abberline?

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

4. What does Netley give to Liz?

5. In what does Mary's husband refuse to engage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. For what reasons does Gull mistake Kate Eddows for Mary Kelly?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What role do the Freemasons play in this novel? Why is their power so immense? How does their power, at times, eclipse even that of Victoria? How does Gull's involvement with the Masons relate not only to his heat-stroke, but to his cryptic message written by Liz Stride's body? How do the Freemasons effectively manipulate society for their own gain? How does this relate to the fates of Montague John Druitt and Gull?

Essay Topic 3

For what purpose do the grapes serve? Why are Annie and Polly easily sated by the grapes? Of what are these grapes symbolic? Why are grapes such a treat for the prostitutes? What is significant about Liz Stride spitting out the grapes and mentioning the foul taste? How does Gull's response to Liz's refusal of the grapes mark an escalation in his violence? Why is it noteworthy that Gull does not bother trying to ply Kate or Mary Kelly with the grapes?

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