Silence Quizzes

Silence Quiz 1

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

Alberto Aleixo

Estevao Filipe

Christovao Ferreira
2 Which new ruler of Japan made Christians persecuted?
Nobunaga

Ashikaga

Muromachi

Hideyoshi
3 Where does Juan de Santa Marta die?
Hyderabad

Tokyo

Beijing

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

Fonseca

Estoban

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

Farmer in Manila

Rector of the Christian college in Macao

Interpreter in Nagasaki
6 What is the name of the Japanese man notorious for torturing Christians?
Inagaki

Inoeu

Edonaki

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

Ieyasu

Shimbura

Kichijiro
8 What face does Rodrigues love more than any on earth?
Saint Peter

The Virgin Mary

Christ

His mother
9 What is the name of the object that Christians must trample upon to apostatize?
Passion

Bible

Sacrament

Fumie
10 What does Santa Marta die of?
Yellow Fever

Dengue Fever

He is shot

Malaria
11 Which of these is not a theme of the novel?
Silence

Sin

East vs. West

Family
12 Which of these locations does Rodrigues not visit during the novel?
Macao

Shanghai

Edo

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

Letters

A diary

A confession
14 What year does the novel begin?
1545

1680

1637

1600
15 What waylays Rodrigues's journey from Macao?
His friend's death

A war

A lack of wind

White ants on the ship
16 Where are Garrpe and Rodrigues from?
Italy

France

Portugal

Spain
17 Why do Garrpe and Rodrigues first think Kichijiro may be Christian?
He says Latin words after the ship passes through a storm

He has a small icon of the Virgin Mary

He speaks Latin

He prays on bended knees
18 What is the name of the village where Rodrigues and Garrpe land?
Nara

Yamaguchi

Shimane

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

The grandfathers

The Helpers

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

The Tosama

Grandfathers

Helpers
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?
August

May

July

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

Kakagawa

Fukazawa

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

Ichizo

Watabe

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

A swamp

A forest

A bay

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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