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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. Where does Chapter 8 begin?

2. What sensations does Abberline feel while investigating Mary's body?

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

4. On whom do the Masons pin Jack the Ripper's murders?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mary Kelly agree to a sexual liaison with Abberline?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Discuss the use of homosexuality in "From Hell" in the following format:

Part 1) Albert and Sickert's relationship.

Part 2) Albert soliciting sexual favors from his friends to ease his guilty conscience.

Part 3) Druitt and his dismissal from his school.

Part 4) The party Druitt attends.

Part 5) Mary Kelly's brief, lesbian relationships before her death.

Compose a clear thesis statement and use the above as a guideline.

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