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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Dr. Lecter tell Clarice she would find in the Packard?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Dr. Lecter's patient notes.
(c) A collection of 8-track tapes.
(d) A valentine.

3. How long does the FBI have before the Baltimore police department begins to "strong-arm" Dr. Lecter for information on the victim's whereabouts?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

4. Who calls the victim's apartment as Buffalo Bill is abducting her?
(a) Her hashish smoking buddy.
(b) Her parents from San Diego.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) Her mother, the Senator.

5. Dr. Lecter gave Clarice Klaus's cause of death. What did he say it was?
(a) He was poisoned by an angry former lover.
(b) Auto-erotic asphyxiation during sex with Benjamin Raspail.
(c) He was shot during a robbery at a convenience store.
(d) Suicide by hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clarice demonstrate her superior hand strength?

2. What is the name of the man in the Packard?

3. What is Jame Gumb's physical description?

4. Who keeps Clarice from getting more information from Dr. Lecter?

5. What are the entomologists using to play chess?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dr. Lecter called "Hannibal the Cannibal"? Give an example. Does his viciousness tell you anything about his psychoses?

2. What were the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Raspail's death? What was his actual cause of death?

3. Where does the FBI go to try to find out Buffalo Bill's true identity, and what is the result?

4. What happens to frustrate Clarice after she learns of Catherine Martin's abduction by Buffalo Bill?

5. How do Dr. Lecter's taunts and remarks affect Clarice? Is her character strong enough to face a madman like Dr. Lecter?

6. How does Senator Martin try to affect Buffalo Bill psychologically?

7. How does Clarice demonstrate her resourcefulness at the storage unit crime scene?

8. Why is Clarice so eager to get into Raspail's storage unit? Does she truly think that any tip from Dr. Lecter would be true?

9. Though Dr. Lecter does not believe the senator's offer is genuine because Crawford would never allow Dr. Lecter to benefit, for what does Dr. Lecter agree to offer his cooperation in exchange for, and how does he begin collecting on the proposal immediately?

10. What creature does Clarice compare Dr. Chilton to and why?

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