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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Chilton hints to Dr. Lecter that two people are having an affair. What are the names of those two people?
(a) Senator Martin and Dr. Chilton.
(b) Clarice and Jack Crawford.
(c) Senator Martin and Jack Crawford.
(d) Dr. Chilton and Clarice.

2. What does Noble Pilcher tell Clarice that the word "moth" once meant?
(a) Death.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Oblivion.

3. What kind of insect does the Erebus odora cocoon belong to?
(a) The Monarch Butterfly.
(b) The Black Witch Moth.
(c) The Skinner Butterfly.
(d) The Darius Moth.

4. Where does Clarice take the bug cocoon for identification?
(a) The Ancient Beetles of Egypt Department at the Smithsonian.
(b) The Entomology department at the Smithsonian.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Museum of Natural Science.

5. What characteristic of Buffalo Bill is evident in the blouse found by the police homeless man's cart?
(a) It is cut to ribbons.
(b) It is neatly buttoned and folded.
(c) It has been freshly laundered.
(d) It is slit up the back.

6. What does the Senator do to try to get Buffalo Bill to see her daughter as a person, not a victim?
(a) She offers Buffalo Bill all of her daughter's money.
(b) She repeats her daughter's name.
(c) She asks Buffalo Bill to let her daughter call home.
(d) She shows pictures of her daughter as a child.

7. What is the name of the FBI trainee selected to assist with the serial killer investigation?
(a) Clarice Starling.
(b) Benjamin Raspail.
(c) Jack Crawford.
(d) Barney.

8. 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?
(a) The sweetmeats.
(b) The sweetbreads.
(c) The shepherd's pie.
(d) The vital organs.

9. What is Dr. Lecter's nickname?
(a) Buffalo Bill.
(b) Hannibal the Cannibal.
(c) Lecter the Specter.
(d) Dr. Death.

10. When Clarice moved to her new home after the death of her father, what did she discover was the purpose of that location?
(a) It was a teaching location for future veterinarians.
(b) It was a dog breeding farm.
(c) Exotic birds were raised for illegal sale.
(d) Horses were slaughtered for glue.

11. What is the name of the latest victim from Chapter 15?
(a) Clarice Starling.
(b) Ardelia Louise Mapp.
(c) Catherine Baker Martin.
(d) Bella Crawford.

12. Who is Benjamin Raspail?
(a) Starling's African-American roommate.
(b) A cheap redneck, one generation out of the mines.
(c) A flutist for the Baltimore Philharmonic who disappeared in March of 1975.
(d) A psychiatrist who likes to play mind games with law enforcement.

13. What is the name given to the serial killer that Clarice is hunting?
(a) Buffalo Bill.
(b) Jeffery Dahmer.
(c) Jack Crawford.
(d) Barney.

14. Why does Clarice believe the dead girl is from town rather than a country girl?
(a) She has multiple ear piercings and glitter nail polish.
(b) She has a mohawk.
(c) She is carrying a driver's license with her address on it.
(d) She is wearing stiletto heels.

15. How does Jame Gumb speak to his poodle?
(a) In a normal voice.
(b) In a high falsetto voice.
(c) In a deep baritone voice.
(d) He doesn't speak to the dog at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the agent who recruited Clarice? She later refers to this character as "a two-faced recruiting sergeant son of a bitch."

2. Clarice shares her worst memory with Dr. Lecter. What is that memory?

3. What does Dr. Lecter feel when recalling the death of Benjamin Raspail?

4. In Chapter 6, Clarice receives permission to explore what?

5. Why does Jack Crawford want Clarice to start talking to Dr. Lecter again?

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