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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does not impress Rodrigues about Kichijiro?

2. What is below the charcoal hut?

3. Who tells the priests what happened in the village?

4. What is the name of the Japanese man the priests find?

5. The guards demand that the peasants admit to _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way do Garrpe and Rodrigues' opinions differ when the two men ask them to come to their village?

2. What does Ferreria say happens to seven Christians in Japan?

3. How do the sailors know they have reached land?

4. Describe the storm at the beginning of Chapter 2.

5. What does the reader learn in the prologue?

6. Why is there distrust among Christian villagers?

7. Describe the two priests' life at the village.

8. How does Kichijiro agree to help the two priests?

9. What indicators are there that Kichijiro could be trouble?

10. How does the rain affect the priest's mindset?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Japanese samurai.

1) What are their main ideas and beliefs? What influence have these ideas had on Japanese culture as a whole?

2) What power did the samurai hold in 17th century Japan?

3) Which position do the samurai hold in today's Japan?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the main religions and institutions in Japan, and using examples from the book and two other sources, discuss how Christianity could conflict with traditional Japanese beliefs.

Essay Topic 3

The novel is set mostly in Japan.

1) What meaning does Japan bring to the novel? What would you automatically presume about a novel that was set in Japan?

2) How different do you think today's Japan is to the Japan in the novel? How do you think the novel's meaning would change if it were set in today's Japan?

3) How do you think the Japanese settings contribute to the novel's spiritual meaning?

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