- How might things be different if Japan had never banned Christianity?
- How do you think Rodrigues spends his days after becoming a Japanese citizen?
- What causes God to break his silence?
- Why does Kichijiro keep following Rodrigues throughout the novel?
- How do you think Father Juan de Santa Marta will react to news of his friends' fates?
- Should the priests have stayed in China, as they were told?
- Is Silence a pro- or anti-religion novel? Or neither? Explain your answer.