The Silence Of The Lambs - Test
  • 1. Who directed the film 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Quentin Tarantino
B) Francis Ford Coppola
C) Jonathan Demme
D) Steven Spielberg
  • 2. Which actor played the role of Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Al Pacino
B) Robert De Niro
C) Anthony Hopkins
D) Jack Nicholson
  • 3. What is the name of the serial killer in the film who skins his victims?
A) Buffalo Bill
B) Red Dragon
C) The Zodiac Killer
D) Hannibal the Cannibal
  • 4. What was the name of the author of the novel 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Patricia Cornwell
B) Thomas Harris
C) Gillian Flynn
D) Stephen King
  • 5. What kind of moth is featured in the symbolism of the film?
A) Atlas Moth
B) Death's-head Hawkmoth
C) Luna Moth
D) Monarch Butterfly
  • 6. In what year was 'The Silence of the Lambs' released?
A) 1988
B) 1991
C) 1994
D) 1999
  • 7. Which character says the famous line: 'A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti'?
A) Hannibal Lecter
B) Clarice Starling
C) Jack Crawford
D) Buffalo Bill
  • 8. What is the name of the senator's daughter who is kidnapped by Buffalo Bill?
A) Amelia Harper
B) Catherine Martin
C) Rebecca Matthews
D) Linda Thompson
  • 9. Which US state is home to the behavioral science unit where Jack Crawford is based?
A) California
B) Virginia
C) Texas
D) New York
  • 10. Which actress played Clarice Starling in the film?
A) Ruth Martin
B) Kasi Lemmons
C) Catherine Martin
D) Jodie Foster
  • 11. Who is the character 'Buffalo Bill' played by?
A) Scott Glenn
B) Anthony Heald
C) Ted Levine
D) Jack Crawford
  • 12. Which award did Jonathan Demme win at the Berlin International Film Festival for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Best Actor
B) Silver Bear for Best Director
C) Golden Bear
D) Best Picture
  • 13. How many Academy Awards did 'The Silence of the Lambs' win in the "Big Five" categories?
A) Three
B) Six
C) Four
D) Five
  • 14. What is the name of Hannibal Lecter's former patient whose severed head was found in a storage unit?
A) Jack Crawford
B) Benjamin Raspail
C) Jame Gumb
D) Frederick Chilton
  • 15. What does Clarice Starling deduce 'Louis Friend' is an anagram for?
A) Friend Louis
B) Lion's fur
C) Foolish grin
D) Iron sulfide (fool's gold)
  • 16. What did Hannibal Lecter use to unlock his restraints and escape?
A) A guard's uniform
B) A key
C) A knife
D) A piece of Chilton’s pen
  • 17. What was the name of the tailor from Ohio who was Buffalo Bill's first victim?
A) Frederika Bimmel
B) Catherine Martin
C) Clarice Starling
D) Ruth Martin
  • 18. What did Clarice Starling find at Frederika Bimmel's home that was related to Buffalo Bill?
A) Death’s-head moths
B) Unfinished dresses and patterns matching patches of skin removed from the victims
C) Live moth caterpillars
D) A severed head
  • 19. What did Buffalo Bill use to identify himself as 'Jack Gordon'?
A) Used fake ID papers
B) Changed his voice
C) Wore a disguise
D) Posed as a different person
  • 20. How did Buffalo Bill betray his position while stalking Starling in the dark?
A) Made a noise
B) Spoke loudly
C) Cocked his revolver
D) Turned on a light
  • 21. What did Hannibal Lecter ask Clarice Starling at the end of the film?
A) 'Are you safe?'
B) 'Will you come to dinner?'
C) 'Where are you now?'
D) 'Have the lambs stopped screaming?'
  • 22. What significant recognition did 'The Silence of the Lambs' receive in 2011?
A) Received an Emmy Award
B) Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry
C) Nominated for a BAFTA
D) Won a Golden Globe
  • 23. What was Clarice Starling's father's occupation?
A) Psychiatrist
B) Police officer
C) Tailor
D) FBI agent
  • 24. Where did Hannibal Lecter call from at the end of the film?
A) Baltimore State Hospital
B) An unnamed tropical location
C) Calumet City
D) Memphis courthouse
  • 25. What was Clarice Starling's traumatic childhood incident related to?
A) Witnessing her father's murder
B) Being kidnapped by Buffalo Bill
C) Failing to save spring lambs from slaughter on a Montana farm
D) Living with Hannibal Lecter
  • 26. What did Clarice Starling graduate from at the end of the film?
A) The FBI Academy
B) Baltimore State Hospital
C) Johns Hopkins University
D) Harvard Law School
  • 27. Who was initially set to direct and star as Hannibal Lecter or Jack Crawford?
A) Gene Hackman
B) Steven Spielberg
C) Michael Mann
D) Jonathan Demme
  • 28. Who was Jonathan Demme's first choice for the role of Clarice Starling?
A) Jodie Foster
B) Michelle Pfeiffer
C) Meg Ryan
D) Laura Dern
  • 29. Why did Michelle Pfeiffer turn down the role of Clarice Starling?
A) She had scheduling conflicts.
B) She felt she was too old for the part.
C) She got nervous about the subject matter.
D) She was not interested in working with Jonathan Demme again.
  • 30. Who was originally approached to play Hannibal Lecter before Anthony Hopkins?
A) Al Pacino
B) Sean Connery
C) Robert De Niro
D) Dustin Hoffman
  • 31. Who created the mask worn by Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter?
A) Stan Winston
B) John Chambers
C) Ed Cubberly
D) Rick Baker
  • 32. Who played Jack Crawford in the film?
A) Anthony Hopkins
B) James Whitmore
C) Scott Glenn
D) Ted Levine
  • 33. When did principal photography for 'The Silence of the Lambs' begin?
A) December 25, 1989
B) January 1, 1990
C) November 15, 1989
D) October 10, 1989
  • 34. Where did the filming of 'The Silence of the Lambs' primarily take place?
A) New York City, New York
B) Chicago, Illinois
C) Los Angeles, California
D) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 35. Which real-life criminal inspired the design for Buffalo Bill's basement and pit?
A) John Wayne Gacy
B) Jeffrey Dahmer
C) Gary M. Heidnik
D) Ted Bundy
  • 36. For how long did the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's home sit on the market before selling?
A) Nearly a year
B) Two years
C) Three weeks
D) Six months
  • 37. What was the original asking price for the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's house?
A) $400,000
B) $250,000
C) $350,000
D) $300,000
  • 38. What was the final selling price of the Victorian home used as Buffalo Bill's house?
A) $195,000
B) $300,000
C) $250,000
D) $220,000
  • 39. Who composed the musical score for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) John Williams
B) Danny Elfman
C) Howard Shore
D) Hans Zimmer
  • 40. Where was the music for 'The Silence of the Lambs' recorded?
A) New York City
B) Munich
C) London
D) Los Angeles
  • 41. Which orchestra performed Howard Shore's score for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Munich Symphony Orchestra
B) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
C) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
D) London Symphony Orchestra
  • 42. Which song by Q Lazzarus became a cult hit after being featured in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) "Crazy Train"
B) "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
C) "Goodbye Horses"
D) "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
  • 43. On which weekend did 'The Silence of the Lambs' gross almost $14 million?
A) Thanksgiving
B) Halloween
C) Presidents' Day
D) Christmas
  • 44. What was the worldwide gross for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) $300 million
B) $200 million
C) $150 million
D) $273 million
  • 45. What grade did audiences give 'The Silence of the Lambs' on CinemaScore?
A) "C"
B) "A−"
C) "B+"
D) "F"
  • 46. Which film critic added 'The Silence of the Lambs' to his list of The Great Movies?
A) Richard Roeper
B) Gene Siskel
C) Peter Travers
D) Roger Ebert
  • 47. What was the Rotten Tomatoes approval rating for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) 85%
B) 95%
C) 65%
D) 75%
  • 48. Which song by The Fall is featured during the climactic scene in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) "New Order"
B) "Siouxsie and the Banshees"
C) "Hip Priest"
D) "Joy Division"
  • 49. What was the opening week gross for 'The Silence of the Lambs' at Odeon Leicester Square in London?
A) £500,000
B) £200,000
C) £400,000
D) £290,936
  • 50. Which film did Gene Siskel also give a bad review alongside 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Dances with Wolves
B) Unforgiven
C) JFK
D) Schindler's List
  • 51. Who was the music editor for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Phil Ramone
B) Suzana Peric
C) David Foster
D) Mick Jagger
  • 52. Which record label released the soundtrack album for 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A) Universal Music Group
B) MCA Records
C) Sony Music
D) Warner Bros. Records
  • 53. What genre does Roger Ebert recognize 'The Silence of the Lambs' as?
A) Documentary
B) Horror masterpiece
C) Science fiction
D) Romantic comedy
  • 54. What did Hannibal Lecter say about Buffalo Bill's sexuality?
A) He was 'not really transsexual'.
B) He was gay.
C) His sexuality was ambiguous.
D) He was heterosexual.
  • 55. Who criticized The Silence of the Lambs for its portrayal of violence against women?
A) Hannibal Lecter
B) Barry Forshaw
C) Betty Friedan
D) Jonathan Demme
  • 56. What did Barry Forshaw note about the film's feminist agenda?
A) It was strongly presented through dialogue.
B) It was central to the plot.
C) It was never bluntly formulated verbally.
D) It was criticized for being too aggressive.
  • 57. In which AFI '100 Years' list did Hannibal Lecter appear as No. 1?
A) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes
B) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies
C) AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
D) AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains
  • 58. Which magazine included 'The Silence of the Lambs' in its list of top '10 Most Convincing Movie Psychopath Performances'?
A) Rolling Stone
B) Variety
C) WhatCulture
D) Time Magazine
  • 59. Which scene from 'The Silence of the Lambs' was ranked seventh on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments?
A) Lecter's escape scene
B) Clarice Starling's interview with Lecter
C) The final confrontation between Clarice and Buffalo Bill
D) Buffalo Bill's first appearance
  • 60. In what year did ABC air a special that named 'The Silence of the Lambs' as the best suspense/thriller?
A) 2024
B) 2011
C) 1998
D) 2006
  • 61. In what year did Far Out Magazine name Hannibal Lecter one of the '10 most accurate movie psychopaths according to the FBI'?
A) 1998
B) 2024
C) 2011
D) 2006
  • 62. Which character from 'The Silence of the Lambs' was named the sixth-greatest film hero of all time by AFI?
A) Jodie Foster
B) FBI Agent Ardelia Mapp
C) Dr. Frederick Chilton
D) Clarice Starling
  • 63. Which company originally released The Silence of the Lambs on VHS?
A) Criterion Collection
B) MGM Home Entertainment
C) Orion Home Video
D) Image Entertainment
  • 64. What was the film's rental status in the United States upon its VHS release?
A) Second most rented video
B) Third most rented video
C) Fourth most rented video
D) The most rented video
  • 65. In which year did The Silence of the Lambs become the second most rented video?
A) 1992
B) 1991
C) 1993
D) 2001
  • 66. Which company released a special edition DVD on March 6, 2001?
A) Image Entertainment
B) Criterion Collection
C) MGM Home Entertainment
D) Orion Home Video
  • 67. When was The Silence of the Lambs first released on Blu-ray?
A) 2018
B) 2009
C) 2021
D) 1997
  • 68. Which company released a remastered Blu-ray in 2018?
A) MGM Home Entertainment
B) Orion Home Video
C) Criterion Collection
D) Image Entertainment
  • 69. Which actor portrayed Hannibal Lecter in the prequel film Hannibal Rising (2007)?
A) Gaspard Ulliel
B) Hugh Dancy
C) Mads Mikkelsen
D) Anthony Hopkins
  • 70. Who portrays Clarice in the TV series Clarice (2021)?
A) Jodie Foster
B) Rebecca Breeds
C) Laura Linney
D) Sigourney Weaver
  • 71. How did Anthony Hopkins describe Hannibal Lecter?
A) Heroic protagonist
B) Highly intelligent with impeccable manners
C) Sympathetic figure
D) Claw-handed bogeymen
  • 72. How did Donald Trump describe Hannibal Lecter?
A) A fictional character
B) An insane asylum patient
C) A wonderful man
D) A dangerous criminal
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