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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. Fill in the blank: Druitt's occupations are as a schoolteacher and a _____.

2. What does Sir Charles Warren realize about the murders when he pleads with Gull to cease them?

3. What is Albert in treatment for with Gull?

4. Whom does Abberline see at the murder scene?

5. When Gull dictates the letter to Netley in Chapter 9, from where is the letter addressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Montague John Druitt?

4. Why does Abberline give Mary Kelly money?

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

6. How does Albert spend his time in Chapter 9?

7. Describe Gull's trial by the Masons.

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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)?

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