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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Danielson agrees to discuss patient files from the Gender Identity Clinic with whom?
(a) Dr. Bloom.
(b) Jerry Burroughs.
(c) Jack Crawford.
(d) Clarice.

2. Who killed the man in the Packard and why?
(a) Benjamin Raspail killed the man because he was unfaithful.
(b) The man died of natural causes.
(c) Dr. Lecter killed the man because he was annoying.
(d) Buffalo Bill killed the man because he stole Bill's girlfriend.

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

4. Who is Dr. Danielson?
(a) Head of the Gender Identity Clinic at Johns Hopkins.
(b) The county coroner.
(c) Director of the psychiatric clinic where Dr. Lecter will be moved.
(d) The emergency room doctor who treated Buffalo Bill's first victim.

5. What is the name of the Section Chief of the Behavioral Sciences department who is under considerable stress to catch the serial killer, Buffalo Bill?
(a) Jame Gumb.
(b) Jack Crawford.
(c) Dr. Chilton.
(d) Clarice Starling.

6. In Chapter 6, Clarice receives permission to explore what?
(a) Benjamin Raspail's car.
(b) Dr. Lecter's case notes.
(c) The house where the latest murder took place.
(d) Buffalo Bill's back yard.

7. In Chapter 21, what does Dr. Chilton insist Clarice do that she refuses to do?
(a) Visit the hospital again in another week.
(b) Ask Dr. Lecter to reveal his sources.
(c) Allow him to escort her to the hospital ball.
(d) He insists she tape her interview with Dr. Lecter and share it with him.

8. Where does Buffalo Bill keep his victims?
(a) In a deep pit.
(b) In a dark, windowless room.
(c) In a cage made with chicken wire.
(d) In a wooden box under his bed.

9. Why doesn't Dr. Lecter think that Buffalo Bill is a sadist?
(a) Because Buffalo Bill is skinning his victims for a purpose, not for fun.
(b) Because a sadist isn't a killer.
(c) Because Buffalo Bill cares about his victims.
(d) Because of Buffalo Bill's sad childhood.

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

11. How does Buffalo Bill subdue his latest victim?
(a) He ties her to a chair with rope.
(b) He gives her GHB.
(c) He injects her with a powerful sedative.
(d) He cracks her over the head repeatedly with his plaster cast.

12. How did Lecter kill Benjamin Raspail?
(a) He cut his tongue out and allowed him to bleed to death.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Slowly, with much torture.
(d) A stiletto knife through the heart.

13. What does Clarice find inside the Packard?
(a) Change in the seat cushions.
(b) A killer classic engine.
(c) A mannequin.
(d) Nothing but dust.

14. What is "Blue Canoe?"
(a) Jack Crawford's favorite cologne.
(b) The FBI's private plane.
(c) The FBI's private boat.
(d) An affectionate nickname for Clarice's roommate.

15. After her father's death when she was a child, where did Clarice live?
(a) On a horse ranch owned by her mother's cousin.
(b) In a foster home.
(c) In Chicago with her mother and three siblings.
(d) With her grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Dr. Chilton sends everyone away, what does he tell Dr. Lecter?

2. Who hits on Clarice in Chapter 2 but is immediately shot down?

3. In psychoanalytic terms, what is an imago?

4. How long does the FBI have before the Baltimore police department begins to "strong-arm" Dr. Lecter for information on the victim's whereabouts?

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

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