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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. In what are the three peasants wrapped?

2. What is the season in Japan at the beginning of this chapter?

3. What is the role of the next samurai who visits Rodrigues?

4. On what kind of animal is Rodrigues placed?

5. What does the interpreter try and persuade Rodrigues to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rodrigues' meeting with the five samurai.

2. What does the priest contemplate as he watches the death of the old man?

3. How can Rodriguez's actions in Chapter 5 be deemed as wrong?

4. What is Yokose-no-Ura?

5. From what does the snoring sound come?

6. How does the interpreter treat Rodrigues now that he is employed by the magistrate?

7. What does Rodrigues think when Kichijiro brings him rice?

8. What does the samurai say has happened to Ferreira?

9. Why can Rodrigues and Ferreira no longer get along?

10. What do Ferreria and Rodrigues talk about in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Endo was a Catholic. Using two examples from the novel, discuss the ways the story reflects Endo's beliefs and the problems he may have faced as a part of a minority group.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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