Silence Quizzes

Silence Quiz 1

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

Christovao Ferreira

Estevao Filipe

Juan Dominica
2 Which new ruler of Japan made Christians persecuted?
Nobunaga

Ashikaga

Muromachi

Hideyoshi
3 Where does Juan de Santa Marta die?
Tokyo

Beijing

Macao

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

Fonseca

Estoban

Valignano
5 What is Valignano's occupation?
Farmer in Manila

Missionary in New Delhi

Rector of the Christian college in Macao

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

Inagaki

Edonaki

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

Juan

Shimbura

Kichijiro
8 What face does Rodrigues love more than any on earth?
His mother

Saint Peter

Christ

The Virgin Mary
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?
He is shot

Yellow Fever

Malaria

Dengue Fever
11 Which of these is not a theme of the novel?
Family

Silence

Sin

East vs. West
12 Which of these locations does Rodrigues not visit during the novel?
Shanghai

Nagasaki

Edo

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

A diary

A memoir

Letters
14 What year does the novel begin?
1680

1637

1600

1545
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?
Spain

Portugal

France

Italy
17 Why do Garrpe and Rodrigues first think Kichijiro may be Christian?
He speaks Latin

He prays on bended knees

He has a small icon of the Virgin Mary

He says Latin words after the ship passes through a storm
18 What is the name of the village where Rodrigues and Garrpe land?
Tomogi

Yamaguchi

Shimane

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

The Jiisama

The Helpers

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

Grandfathers

Helpers

The Tosama
21 Why do the villages not have much money?
It washed away in a flood

The land has had a famine

They must pay heavy taxes

They give it all in tithes
22 What is the rainest month in Japan, according to Rodrigues?
July

August

May

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

Kochi

Aichi

Fukazawa
24 Which of these are not people that Garrpe and Rodrigues see in Tomogi?
Ichizo

Watabe

Mokichi

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

A forest

A sinkhole

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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