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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 is unique about Dr. Lecter's accommodations?
2. How did Lecter kill Benjamin Raspail?
3. Describe Dr. Lecter's "lodgings" and "uniform" while his cell is being cleaned.
4. Why does Clarice believe the dead girl is from town rather than a country girl?
5. How does Miggs die?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you think Clarice sees Crawford as a father figure? Why or why not?
2. What did Dr. Lecter do for a living before he was imprisoned as a serial killer? What repercussions might be the result of his previous employment?
3. Working under time pressure, what information will Clarice present to Dr. Lecter as inside information? Why is Clarice not to trust Dr. Chilton?
4. Why does Dr. Lecter refer to Clarice as a "cheap redneck, one generation out of the mines"? What might he hope to accomplish by insulting her?
5. How does Dr. Lecter work his way into the Buffalo Bill investigation when his only purpose to the FBI was to be as a tool for study through his psychological evaluation? Again, how does he show his disdain for law enforcement? If he is so anti-authority, why does he speak with Clarice?
6. What factors might have combined to make Catherine Martin vulnerable to attack?
7. Do you think that Clarice's actions at the storage space were born out of desperation?
8. What were the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Raspail's death? What was his actual cause of death?
9. In Chapter 1, who is the serial killer the FBI wants to interview, and what does he offer to Clarice?
10. What creature does Clarice compare Dr. Chilton to and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 37, the guards' carelessness results in chaos. Dr. Lecter has planned the perfect escape. Describe what occurs during the chaos following the shots heard while the courthouse is filled with officers waiting to relieve the eleven to seven shift. Exactly how does Dr. Lecter fulfill his plan?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapters 12 and 13, Crawford's treatment of Clarisse at Potter's Funeral Home while inspecting the body of Buffalo Bill's latest victim is carefully scripted, though this is not apparent to Clarisse at the time. How does Clarisse feel when Crawford asks to see the sheriff to speak "man-to-man"? How does Clarisse find out that Crawford had ulterior motives in getting the deputy to speak to him alone? What is her reaction to this? Does Clarisse have a point, and do you think that point is taken?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Jame Gumb's basement. How did he use the back rooms? Why did he stop using the back rooms? Where does he keep Catherine Martin? What does he call his victims to depersonalize them? What does he demand that his victims do to their skin every day and why?
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