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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 replaces the resigned Warren?

2. How does Netley manage to pick up Kate Eddows?

3. What are the contents of the letter for Abberline?

4. Why is Abberline dressed up in Chapter 11?

5. Whom does Abberline see at the murder scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Montague John Druitt?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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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