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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 affectionate gesture does Gull perform on Mary's body?
2. For what reason is Whitechapel in a frenzy at the beginning of Chapter 9?
3. What is Albert in treatment for with Gull?
4. How is Mary Kelly dealing with the knowledge of her last days alive?
5. Who orders that the message found by Kate's body be erased?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Liz's body not disfigured by Gull?
2. How does Druitt's acquaintance trick him into writing a suicide note?
3. What is heard outside of Mary Kelly's building, and what are the results?
4. How and why does Lees get Abberline to go to Gull's house?
5. What does Gull do to Mary Kelly's body?
6. How does Mary Kelly spend her days before her murder?
7. Why does Lees call upon Abberline in Chapter 9?
8. How do Albert and Sickert deal with the former's guilty conscience?
9. What leads up to Gull and Netley writing the letter "from Hell"?
10. How does Albert spend his time in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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?
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