Silence Quizzes

Silence Quiz 1

1 What is the name of Rodrigues and Garrpe's old teacher who has apostatized?
Christovao Ferreira

Juan Dominica

Alberto Aleixo

Estevao Filipe
2 Which new ruler of Japan made Christians persecuted?
Ashikaga

Nobunaga

Muromachi

Hideyoshi
3 Where does Juan de Santa Marta die?
Hyderabad

Tokyo

Macao

Beijing
4 Which priest in Macao tries to stop Garrpe and Rodrigues from going to Japan?
Estoban

Valignano

Ferreira

Fonseca
5 What is Valignano's occupation?
Missionary in New Delhi

Farmer in Manila

Interpreter in Nagasaki

Rector of the Christian college in Macao
6 What is the name of the Japanese man notorious for torturing Christians?
Shimizu

Edonaki

Inagaki

Inoeu
7 Who is the Japanese man that Rodrigues meets in Macao?
Juan

Shimbura

Kichijiro

Ieyasu
8 What face does Rodrigues love more than any on earth?
Christ

The Virgin Mary

His mother

Saint Peter
9 What is the name of the object that Christians must trample upon to apostatize?
Sacrament

Fumie

Bible

Passion
10 What does Santa Marta die of?
He is shot

Dengue Fever

Yellow Fever

Malaria
11 Which of these is not a theme of the novel?
East vs. West

Silence

Family

Sin
12 Which of these locations does Rodrigues not visit during the novel?
Edo

Shanghai

Nagasaki

Macao
13 In what form are Rodrigues's accounts written?
A memoir

A confession

A diary

Letters
14 What year does the novel begin?
1680

1600

1637

1545
15 What waylays Rodrigues's journey from Macao?
A lack of wind

A war

White ants on the ship

His friend's death
16 Where are Garrpe and Rodrigues from?
Spain

France

Italy

Portugal
17 Why do Garrpe and Rodrigues first think Kichijiro may be Christian?
He prays on bended knees

He says Latin words after the ship passes through a storm

He has a small icon of the Virgin Mary

He speaks Latin
18 What is the name of the village where Rodrigues and Garrpe land?
Yamaguchi

Tomogi

Shimane

Nara
19 In the Japanese Christian order of Tomogi, who baptizes children?
The grandfathers

The Helpers

The Tosama

The Jiisama
20 In the Japanese Christian order of Tomogi, who teach and lead prayers?
The Tosama

Grandfathers

Helpers

Jiisama
21 Why do the villages not have much money?
They give it all in tithes

They must pay heavy taxes

The land has had a famine

It washed away in a flood
22 What is the rainest month in Japan, according to Rodrigues?
May

August

July

June
23 Where are the two peasants men from, the ones who were watching Garrpe and Rodrigues from a hill?
Aichi

Fukazawa

Kakagawa

Kochi
24 Which of these are not people that Garrpe and Rodrigues see in Tomogi?
Mokichi

Ichizo

Kichijiro

Watabe
25 In the nature metaphor of the novel, what is Japan called?
A sinkhole

A bay

A forest

A swamp

What were the people called that practiced Catholocism in secret?

Catholics who kept practicing their religion in secret were called "Kakure Kirishitan," or Underground Christians.

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Why did the Japanese keep Ferreira alive and working?

Christovao Ferreira was kept alive after he apostatized, denied his faith. The Japanese used him as an example.

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Why does father Rodrigues begin to doubt God?

The young priest sees many Japanese Christians die as martyrs for their faith without any sign from the heavens that God is aware of their suffering. Though Rodrigues believes in a heavenly afterlife for the martyrs, he is shocked by the banality...

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