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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the entomologists using to play chess?
(a) Checkers.
(b) A rhinoceros beetle.
(c) A marble chess set.
(d) Cheese and crackers shaped like chess pieces.

2. Who killed Benjamin Raspail and why?
(a) Dr. Lecter killed Benjamin Raspail because he was whiny and making no progress.
(b) Benjamin Raspail killed himself during auto-erotic asphyxiation.
(c) Benjamin Raspail is still alive.
(d) Jack Crawford killed Benjamin Raspail because he tried to get away.

3. What prompts Clarice to run away from the dude ranch when she is a child?
(a) She is rebelling and doesn't want to live in Montana.
(b) In the middle of the night, she awoke to the screaming of the spring lambs being slaughtered.
(c) She was being molested by the owner of the ranch.
(d) She doesn't get along with her foster family.

4. What creature from her childhood reminds Clarice of Dr. Chilton?
(a) An insignificant ant.
(b) A glue factory bound horse.
(c) A preening rooster.
(d) An opportunistic crow.

5. The FBI finds a cocoon inside another murder victim. What was the victim's name?
(a) Benjamin Raspail.
(b) Klaus.
(c) Andrea Bates.
(d) Catherine Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Dr. Lecter think that Buffalo Bill is a sadist?

2. What does Buffalo Bill demand that Catherine do, or else the hose will be turned on her?

3. The flutist for the Baltimore Philharmonic was missing two organs when he was discovered. Clarice's background in meat processing allows her to recognize these organs as what?

4. How did Lecter kill Benjamin Raspail?

5. What does Jack Crawford tell Clarice that Dr. Lecter did prior to his imprisonment?

(see the answer key)

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