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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 is the only thing Rodrigues can do in his new room?
2. Who does Rodrigues ask for an explanation?
3. How does Rodrigues react to the snoring sound?
4. Who else works at the magistrates office?
5. Where do the guards eat?
Short Essay Questions
1. From what does the snoring sound come?
2. What does the samurai say has happened to Ferreira?
3. What happens to the elderly man in Chapter 6?
4. What will happen to the villagers in Chapter 7 if Rodrigues does not apostatize?
5. How is Rodrigues humiliated at the beginning of Chapter 8?
6. Why is Rodrigues transported in a covered caravan?
7. Describe Rodrigues' new life in Japan.
8. Where do the guards take Rodrigues in Chapter 5?
9. What does Rodrigues think when Kichijiro brings him rice?
10. Why did Ferreira decide to apostatize?
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
Silence is part of the historical fiction genre.
1) What are the conventions of the historical fiction genre in terms of character, language and plot?
2) In what way did Silence help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in Silence?
Essay Topic 3
Silence is a famous and popular book which has greatly influenced modern literature. Choose a book written after Silence that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss its similarities in terms of
a) plot
b) character
c) themes
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