The Silence Of The Lambs

Multiple Choice

1. A (Chapter 53)

2. C (Various chapters)

3. B (Various chapters)

4. C (Chapter 12)

5. A (Various chapters)

6. D (Various chapters)

7. C (Chapter 1)

8. C (Various chapters)

9. C (Chapter 43)

10. D (Various chapters)

11. B (Various chapters)

12. C (Various chapters)

13. A (Various chapters)

14. C (Chapter 12)

15. A (Chapter 28)

Long-Answer Response

1. As Hannibal notes, the categorization of people based on behavior is an imperfect science. He is both frustrated with and pleased by the FBI’s attempts to categorize criminal behavior; while he is annoyed by what he views as intellectual shortcomings, he is also confident that the FBI’s limited view of this will also enable his escape (Chapter 23). Hannibal cannot be categorized by one label that encompasses his influences and aspirations; his capacity for evil is much greater than what one diagnosis can show.

2. Generally speaking, we understand butterflies to signify beauty and transformation in literature, an encouraging reminder that there can be a happy or aesthetically pleasing ending to a difficult scenario. Within this text, the moth stands as a foil to the butterfly, symbolizing not carefree beauty but rather the constant threat of a predator. For Jame, the death’s head moth achieves a more desirable kind of beauty because it undergoes a similar transformation to the butterfly but uses this transformation to inspire fear. (Various chapters)

3. Though Clarice encounters considerable sexism from men like Dr. Chilton, she also elicits helpful responses that male trainees would perhaps not obtain. Hannibal is interested in speaking to any woman, but his interest in Clarice grows because she proves her intellect and curiosity. Clarice is better at understanding the lives of the female victims by touring their homes and sitting in their bedrooms; she notices things that the male trainees do not. (Various chapters)