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

2. 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."
(a) Jack Crawford.
(b) Ardelia Mapp.
(c) Jame Gumb.
(d) Bella Crawford.

3. What gave Jame Gumb new hope?
(a) A beautifully framed picture of his mother.
(b) A love affair with Benjamin Raspail.
(c) A live butterfly in a suitcase full of dead ones.
(d) Validation of his homosexuality.

4. Whose spouse is dying, forcing that character to keep vigil at the spouse's bedside?
(a) Jack Crawford's.
(b) Benjamin Raspail's.
(c) Barney's.
(d) Clarice Starling's.

5. Why does Jack Crawford tell Clarice to keep any inside information from Dr. Chilton?
(a) Dr. Chilton will compromise the case for his own notoriety.
(b) Jack Crawford thinks Dr. Chilton could be Buffalo Bill's true identity.
(c) Dr. Chilton will try to solve the case on his own.
(d) Dr. Chilton has been known to sell information to the tabloids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Clarice take with her when she ran away from the ranch, and why did she take it?

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

3. What does Dr. Lecter want in return for his help with catching the serial killer?

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

5. How does Clarice keep the crime scene in the storage room from being disturbed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Clarice rewarded or punished for her actions in Raspail's storage area and her subsequent conversation with Dr. Lecter?

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. In Chapter 18, Crawford explains that he wants Clarice to talk to Dr. Lecter again. Why?

4. What does Bella's impending death do to Jack Crawford? How does it affect him physically? Mentally? Is he prepared for her death?

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. As Catherine Martin examines her situation, what does she see, and what does she come to realize?

7. What benefits comprise the proposal package that Clarice puts together for Dr. Lecter in Senator Martin's name, and what is unique about the vacation spot?

8. In Chapter 1, who is the serial killer the FBI wants to interview, and what does he offer to Clarice?

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

10. Do you think Clarice sees Crawford as a father figure? Why or why not?

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