"From Hell" - "What Doth The Lord..." Part 2 Quiz

Answer: The Eagles

Gull is telling Netley about the war between the sun and the moon, and how it represents man's oppression of women, the left brain conquering the right, etc. He says that the inmates of Bedlam claim to rule the eagles, and would wage war on the stars if given some claret.

Answer: London

"I wandered through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered Thames doth flow,
And mark in every face I meet,
Marks of weakness, marks of woe"

William Blake wrote this famous poem, from "Songs Of Experience", in the same place as he claimed to be once chased out of his house by a scaly demon. William Blake is often referrenced by William Gull, who admires him and his views.

Answer: 50%

Gull says that symbols have the power to turn stomachs, even in someone like Netley, and that they have the power to deliver half the population into slavery. Netley feels ill, and he puts it down to the pie they ate at the inn. Gull, however, believes that his illness has been brought on by the power of the Masonic symbols they have seen.

Answer: Archangel

Gull tells Netley that Tiamat was once the Mother Goddess, and was then demoted to a demon, and then to a chimera. This was all caused by the power of symbols, which allowed men to destroy her - the goddess who stood for women's power.

Answer: Werewolves

William Gull says that the slayings of our country's lunatics were once blamed on werewolves, or Children of Atlantis. Alan Moore thinks that this term derives from "Man, Myth and Magic", although there has been some difficulty finding the exact origin.

Answer: Nelson's Column

Gull and Netley pass Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar Square, on the way to the Tower of London. Gull is telling Netley how the Druids believed that certain places were empowered by the suffering that occured there.

Answer: 1817

Gull is telling Netley of all the atrocities which occured at the Tower of London, including the murder of the little princes, and how all this has created a power in the whole place. He also tells Netley that the ravens which make the tower their home used to belong to a Celtic god, and that London would be destroyed if they were to ever leave.

Answer: John Williams

Marr and his family were killed with an iron mallet and by having their throats slit, both of which were signs of the Masons. A man named John Williams was found to be the murderer, but it is believed he was a scapegoat. His suicide before the trial only added to these suspicions.

Answer: Dogs

Gull and Netley go to the Isle of Dogs, where the royal hunting dogs were kept. Gull makes a joke to Netley about how they are similar to hunting dogs.

Answer: Worship

Gull thinks that the ancient symbols need to be reinforced, to prevent being defeated by a future enemy. He thinks that everyone is capable of performing magic, as long as their will is focused and strengthened through ritual, prayer, and sacrifice.

Answer: 6:20

Gull claims that this church is Nicholas Hawksmoor's most affecting creation. He had the foundations sunk into a plague pit, so that the church would abtain the nourishments of all the dead people. Gull comments on how he finds the community unsavoury. He doesn't like the high number of Jews living in the area, and he says that the only permanent residents are criminals and beggars.

Answer: Joy Maidens

Gull says that the prostitutes used to work in the temples, sometimes as priestesses, and were known as Heiros Gamos, or Joy Maidens. Gull brings up the subject of prostitutes so that he can comission Netley to meet with Mary Kelly and her friends, and find out their names and locations.

Answer: Diana

Ethelbert of Kent was a Christian convert, who disliked the way that Diana was so revered in London. He destroyed her shrine in 610, and created St Paul's cathedral, one of London's most famous landmarks.

Answer: Red

Netley says that Gull is talking about black magic when he shows him that the locations they've visited form a pentacle. Gull laughs at him, and tells him that magic is red, as the druids knew.

Answer: Irrationality

Gull tells Netley that all these symbols surround him every day - even the horses on his carriage carry images of the sun and moon. He tells him that all things feminine and unconscious are repressed by all things masculine and rational, and therefore the killing of prostitutes is a very fitting sacrifice.