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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. In Chapter 42, who calls Jack Crawford with information about an urgent bulletin?

2. In Chapter 43, what is the name of Dr. Lecter's latest victim?

3. What type of machine does Catherine Martin hear while she is in the pit?

4. In Chapter 31, what does Barney get for Clarice?

5. Where does Clarice meet Noble Pilcher in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Clarice's obsession with Buffalo Bill's victims is beneficial or harmful. Why?

2. How does the FBI get information on Jame Gumb, and where does it lead them?

3. What happens after Clarice realizes that Jame Gumb is Buffalo Bill, and he realizes she knows?

4. How does Dr. Lecter manipulate the conversation with Senator Martin, as well as anyone else needing his assistance?

5. Do the Memphis guards underestimate Dr. Lecter? How do you know?

6. What advice does Crawford give Clarice about being a good leader?

7. How does Catherine Martin throw the proverbial wrench into Jame Gumb's harvest rituals?

8. Do you think that Clarice overstepped her bounds by visiting Dr. Lecter without going through the proper channels?

9. What pivotal event happens to Jack Crawford in Chapter 45, and how does he respond to this event?

10. Do you think that Jame Gumb would be judged criminally insane or just plain evil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jame Gumb's basement. How did he use the back rooms? Why did he stop using the back rooms? Where does he keep Catherine Martin? What does he call his victims to depersonalize them? What does he demand that his victims do to their skin every day and why?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 37, the guards' carelessness results in chaos. Dr. Lecter has planned the perfect escape. Describe what occurs during the chaos following the shots heard while the courthouse is filled with officers waiting to relieve the eleven to seven shift. Exactly how does Dr. Lecter fulfill his plan?

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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