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The 1880s: A Creative Decade
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1885. First modern bicycle. Benz’s
3-wheeled vehicle that used petrol.
1886. Coca-Cola appears. Dr Jekyll
and Mr Hyde published.
1887. Dunlop’s pneumatic tyre.
Sherlock Holmes introduced. Queen’s
Golden Jubilee.
1888. Stage play of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde. Berliner’s gramophone. First
Kodak box camera. Whitechapel
murders.
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page 10 – exercise 1
a. He is selling newspapers to people
in the street.
b. He is selling some kind of food.
c. They are talking.
d. The boys are looking at the other
people.
page 10 – exercise 2
The man and woman on the right are
obviously richer than the other
people in the scene. The boy selling
the newspapers, the other children
and the man with the basket are
obviously poor.
Chapter One
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in London Docks changed
went to watch the fire.
in the streets and slept
it was cheap
was drinking too much.
she had no money.
did not have many street lamps.
at 2.30am on August 31st
person saw her alive again – her
killer.
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Because the weather was cool.
There was a great fire.
In lodging houses.
On drink.
Because it was a poor area.
At 2.30am on August 31st.
In front of Brown’s stableyard.
Constable Jonas Mizen/A
policeman.
In their bedroom (on the 2nd floor).
Ellen Holland.
He strangled her and cut her throat.
It was new and unknown.
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A A. 4 B. 1 C. 6 D. 3 E. 2 F. 5
B 1. Charles Cross discovered the
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body.
3. Mr and Mrs Purkiss were trying
to sleep in their bedroom.
6. The killer probably escaped into
Whitechapel Road.
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8. B 9. C 10. A
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A a. clever, efficient, savage
b. drunk, clean, quiet, good
c. cool
d. dark, gloomy, dangerous, dirty,
cold, wet
e. crowded, noisy
f. quiet, narrow, dark
B a. The Whitechapel streets
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The people of Whitechapel
The lodging houses
Alcohol
The sky
Inspector Abbeline
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1. Constable John Neil/a. Found the
body of Polly Nichols.
2. Polly Nichols/b. Got drunk, was
murdered.
3. Inspector Abbeline/c. Investigated
the murder.
4. Jack the Ripper/d. Killed Polly
Nichols.
5. Ellen Holland/e. Talked with Polly
Nichols.
6. Charles Cross/f. Found the body of
Polly Nichols.
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a. 4 b. 2 c. 6 d. 1 e. 7 f. 3 g. 8
h. 5 i. 9 j. 10
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Chapter Two
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1. A 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C
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1. d 2. b 3. i. 4. a 5. k 6. d 7. h.
8. l 9. j 10. c 11. e 12. g
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a. The inspector saw some objects
that the killer had put near Annie’s
feet.
b. Mrs Richardson, who lived with
her grandson, let out other rooms.
c. The passage, which was 7-8 metres
long, went through the house.
d. John Richardson took off one of his
boots, which was hurting his toe.
e. Annie Chapman, who Mrs Darrell
identified later, was talking to a
man.
f. Jack the Ripper, who was in a
dangerous situation, escaped
through the streets.
g. The attic room that John Davis
occupied looked over Hanbury
Street.
h. The man (who) Mrs Darrel saw
was taller than Annie.
i. Annie met her friend Amelia
Palmer, who gave her two pennies.
j. Amelia Palmer, who was Annie’s
friend, gave her some money.
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1. was walking down Hanbury Street
2. noticed/saw a man and a woman
3. outside 4. didn’t see the man’s
5. Will you 6. short 7. than the
woman 8. dark coat 9. he was
over 10. was foreign
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g. In your opinion, how did the killer
escape?
h. Who wrote the message on the wall?
i. Why did the killer murder
Catherine Eddowes?
j. Who is/was the killer, in your
opinion?
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page 57 – exercise 5
Open answers.
Chapter Three
1. that went into 2. was/is possible
(that) 3. was blown out by
4. haven’t/have not seen Liz since
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A. 6 B. 7 C. 5 D. 3 E. 2 F. 1 G. 4
Open answers.
a. Because there was a potato
famine in Ireland.
b. Germany, Hungary, Russia and
Poland.
c. A second-hand clothes market.
d. It caused a lot of racial tension in
the area.
e. Because he threatened a woman
with a knife.
f. He carried knives in the street late
at night and disappeared after
Annie Chapman’s murder.
g. In police custody/at the police station.
h. He was a mad, dirty tramp.
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a. T b. F – it was an extremely poor
area. c. F – it got worse. d. T
e. T f. F – it was often dirty, and in
fact it was safer to drink gin or beer.
g. F – this was the cost of 2 kilos of
stale bread. h. T i. F – they never
went there alone. j. T
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1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B
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A a. Constable Smith said (that) he
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1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. C
8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D
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a. 5 b. 9 c. 2 d. 4 e. 6 f. 1 g. 8
h. 10 i. 3 j. 7 l. 12 k. 11
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1. badly 2. description
3. appearance 4. darkest
5. assistance 6. examination
7. detective 8. suspicious
9. unusual 10. bloodstained
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a. back/through b. over/up c. down
d. back e. for f. through/back
g. out h. against i. out/back j. back
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a. What did you see in Mitre Square
b. When/What time did you
discover/find the body?
c. Where did you find it?
d. How did/could you see it?
e. How did you feel when you saw
the body?
f. What did you do then?
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family moved to Wales
was killed/died in an explosion
Mary did not marry Joe Flemming.
decided to live together.
At the beginning of 1888
could be noisy and quarrelsome
walked out after a quarrel (with
Mary).
8. the couple couldn’t pay
9. he had no work and couldn’t give
her any money.
10. was there
11. some clothing/clothes.
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c. cool/daring d. jolly e. bloodstained
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told/said to the policeman.
b. ‘I think the murderer hid in
Dutfield’s Yard,’ said Inspector
Abbeline.
c. ‘Her name is Elizabeth Stride,
but people call her Long Liz
because Long is a nickname for
people with the surname
Stride,’ said Michael Kidney.
d. ‘Do you remember when you
noticed the man and the woman,
constable?’ asked Inspector Reid.
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had seen a man and a woman by
the school wall opposite the yard.
The inspector asked Schwartz if
he was sure about the man’s age.
The doctor wondered if Mr
Diemschutz had disturbed the
killer.
Louis Diemschutz told his wife
to bring him a candle.
Michael Kidney said he had
seen Liz five days ago.
e. ‘Don’t go back into the yard,
Louis!’ Mrs Diemschutz told her
husband.
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Chapter Seven
Open answers.
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Chapter Six
page 73 – exercise 1
1. never 2. lots of/many 3. any
4. them 5. murders 6. be 7. saw
8. who 9. hat 10. did/could 11. not
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a. T b. F – she did not see his face,
but thought he was foreign-looking.
c. T d. T e. F – it seems to confirm
Hutchinson’s story. f. F – he was
probably a solitary man who perhaps
worked as a butcher. g. F – he was
afraid of becoming like his mother.
h. T i. T j. T k. F – it suggests that
he knew her well. l. T
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1. D 2. F 3. B 4. E 5. C 6. D 7. A
8. C 9. F 10. E 11. A 12. D
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1. picture 2. witnesses 3. stout
4. muscles 5. moustache 6. dark
7. peak 8. deerstalker 9. butcher
10. professional 11. doctor 12. suspect
page 83 – exercise 4
1. T 2. F – it was the first murder of
its kind. 3. T 4. F – some writers
believe this, although it has not been
proved. 5. F – the stories made
people even more scared. 6. T 7. F
– it was the name for a mysterious
man who demanded money from
prostitutes. 8. F – he was hunted
because he always wore a leather
apron for his work (he was a bootmaker) 9. T 10. T
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1. B 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. A
page 93 – exercise 2
a. domestic quarrels, drink, or robbery.
b. she was killed ferociously.
c. they found a leather apron at 29
Hanbury Street.
d. for protection/to protect him.
e. offered (a reward of) £100 for the
arrest of the murderer.
f. a letter signed, ‘Yours Truly, Jack
the Ripper’ was published (on
October 1st ).
g. (that) he nearly had a nervous
breakdown.
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1. √ 2. has 3. √ 4. an 5. been 6. √
7. at 8. got 9. √ 10. the 11. √
12. been
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2. i 3. b 4. d 5. a 6. e 7. f 8. c 9. h
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1. Can you remember who said or wrote the following (1-10)?
Write A, B, C, etc. in the boxes.
A Polly Nichols’s father
B Catherine Eddowes
C Jack the Ripper
D Annie Chapman
E Inspector Abbeline
F Mary Kelly
G Joseph Lawende
H George Hutchinson
I Elizabeth Darrell
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I don’t think I can recognise him again.
Catch me if you can.
I got the impression he was foreign, but I can’t say why.
I am of the opinion his statement is true.
I must get some money, or I can’t sleep in my lodgings.
I don’t think she had any enemies. She was too good for that.
Will you?
I hope it will be a fine day tomorrow as I want to go to the Lord
Mayor’s Show.
About 2.00 a.m. on 9th November I met the murdered woman, Mary
Kelly.
I’ll take care of myself, and I won’t fall into his hands.
2. Can you remember some words from the footnotes? Write the words for
the following definitions. Then check your answers.
a. Accommodation for poor, homeless people, who paid for a bed or room.
b. Floor (of a building) at street level.
c. People forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution or
natural disaster.
d. A little windy.
e. Hair growing between the nose and mouth.
f. Ran quickly.
g. Mark on the skin caused by injury.
3. Now you write definitions for the following. Then check your answers.
a. Slum houses
b. Beggars
c. Apron
d. Jolly
e. Kettle
f. Damp
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Open answers.
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1 1. G 2. C 3. I 4. E 5. D 6. A
7. C 8. F 9. H 10. B
2 a. lodging houses b. ground floor
c. refugees d. breezy
e. moustache f. rushed g. bruise
3 Possible answers:
a. houses in a very poor part of the
city. b. Poor people who ask for
money for food. c. A piece of
cloth worn around the waist to
protect the clothes. d. Lively and
happy. e. A metal container used
to boil water. f. Slightly wet.