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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 Gull's first vision while in Mary's apartment?

2. During her arrest, what name does Kate Eddows give the police?

3. Where does Gull believe himself to be while with Mary's body?

4. Why has Liz been forced to the streets?

5. What does Abberline give Kelly in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the result of Abberline taking his information about Gull to his superiors?

8. How does Druitt's acquaintance trick him into writing a suicide note?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"It is beginning, Netley. Only just beginning. For better or worse, the twentieth century. I have delivered it," Gull intones after one the murders. Analyze this statement in the following format:

Part 1) Theories of the fourth dimension.

Part 2) Gull's final journey on the fourth dimension.

Part 3) Gull's ideology.

Part 4) The contrast of Annie's daughter with Gull's beliefs.

Part 5) The significance of Abberline and Lees mentioning the coming of a world war in the Prologue and Epilogue.

Essay Topic 2

In the Epilogue, Abberline remarks that he and Lees, along with the deceased Druitt, are also victims of Jack the Ripper. What does Abberline mean by this statement? How does his view of being a victim relate to that of Druitt or the murdered prostitutes? How have Abberline and Lees' lives been inexorably altered by their knowledge of Gull? Are there any other victims of Jack the Ripper such as Abberline and Lees? If so, who are they and why?

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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