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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the man in the Packard?
2. What does Buffalo Bill demand that Catherine do, or else the hose will be turned on her?
3. What does Dr. Lecter feel when recalling the death of Benjamin Raspail?
4. What is Jame Gumb's physical description?
5. What question does Buffalo Bill ask of the girl he abducts in Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Clarice display her attention to detail while examining the victim's body in Chapter 12?
2. How does Clarice tactfully clear the room of excess law enforcement at the funeral home where the latest victim's body is being kept?
3. Why would Dr. Lecter be offended by being interviewed by a FBI trainee? How does he control the environment around him? How does he control the conversation with Clarice?
4. In response to their agreement in Chapter 25, what details does Dr. Lecter reveal about Buffalo Bill?
5. What does Bella's impending death do to Jack Crawford? How does it affect him physically? Mentally? Is he prepared for her death?
6. Do you think Clarice sees Crawford as a father figure? Why or why not?
7. How does Clarice demonstrate her resourcefulness at the storage unit crime scene?
8. Why is Clarice so eager to run headlong into uncertainty?
9. As Catherine Martin examines her situation, what does she see, and what does she come to realize?
10. Why is Dr. Lecter called "Hannibal the Cannibal"? Give an example. Does his viciousness tell you anything about his psychoses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Clarisse first visits Dr. Lecter, she follows Crawford's directions on how to handle Dr. Lecter to the letter. Dr. Lecter baits her, trying to break the FBI profiler "trainee" so he can send her back to Crawford as an example. Why doesn't Dr. Lecter's ploy work? How does Clarisse counteract Dr. Lecter's prodding and teasing? Do you think Dr. Lecter would have treated her differently if she had been a man? If so, how? Would Dr. Lecter show more or less respect to a man? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Jack Crawford's wife, Bella, is dying. He is consumed with guilt about her illness and his inability to be with her at all times. How does Crawford manifest this guilt in his work? Do you think his pursuit of Buffalo Bill is intensified because of this guilt? Explain why or why not, using references from the book to support your choice.
Essay Topic 3
One theme of this book is control and the loss or lack of it. Which characters seem to have control over their own situations, if any? Which characters are defined by their lack of control, and how do they work to gain control? Does control seem to be important to the FBI? The senator? Jame Gumb? Dr. Chilton? Clarice? Dr. Lecter? Jack Crawford? Why or why not?
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