Silence Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Silence Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. Where is the charcoal hut?

2. What does Rodrigues perform in Odomari?

3. Where does Kichijiro hide during the storm?

4. For what is a person rewarded 300 pieces of silver?

5. About what does Garrpe question Kichijiro?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Mokichi and Ichizo?

2. What does Rodrigues do during his stay in Odomari?

3. Why is there distrust among Christian villagers?

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

5. How do the villagers secretly continue with their Christian faith?

6. Why are the priests suspicious of Kichijiro?

7. What do the two priests decide to do in Chapter 4?

8. Why do the three priests want to enter Japan?

9. Why do Mokichi, Ichizo and Kichijiro have to leave the village?

10. What problems did the three priests have to overcome to get to India?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the novel.

1) How does Endo use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

3) Aside from the main character, Rodrigues, examine the way Endo uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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 described as historical fiction and therefore the reader would expect aspects of the novel to be historically accurate. What parts of the novel do you think have to be accurate? In what parts does Endo need to exaggerate the truth and why? Can such a book ever be regarded as an accurate historical account?

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