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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. In what year is Chapter 1 set?

2. What does Netley fail to do to Polly's body that Gull then corrects?

3. What is graphically rendered in Chapter 1?

4. With what does Gull coat the grapes?

5. Why do people at the inquest in Chapter 6 not take it seriously?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions does Alice's grandfather draw up concerning his daughter and the child?

2. What is significant about Annie Crook's pregnancy and marriage to Albert?

3. Why does Gull believe that killing the prostitutes is only the beginning for him?

4. How is Polly snared by Gull and Netley?

5. In what condition is Annie during Chapter 7?

6. What do Abberline and Lees discuss in the Prologue?

7. What comprises Gull's meeting to Sir Charles Warren?

8. Describe the inquest Abberline attends in Chapter 6.

9. What revelations does Mary Kelly make to Sickert in Chapter 3?

10. What marks the conception of Adolf Hitler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the male and female dynamics of Gull's murders in the following format:

Part 1) The grapes.

Part 2) The knife as a phallic symbol.

Part 3) The mutilation of the women's sexual organs.

Part 4) Gull's affection for the women's dead bodies, during and post-mutilation.

Part 5) Gull's belief that the murders will strengthen men's power over society.

Essay Topic 3

For what purpose is Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man," featured in this novel? Why does Gull continually greet him by the name "Ganesh"? Why does Gull force Polly to observe Merrick and repeat Gull's salutation? What is significant about the teapot Gull uses to burn Mary Kelly's heart? Why does Gull hold Merrick in such high esteem, and how does this contrast with the real-life Merrick's personality?

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