(1) What miracle does Paul perform in Lystra and what is the crowd’s reaction?

(2) What does the crowd call Paul?

(3) How does Paul react to the words and actions of the crowd?

(4) How successful is Paul’s preaching in Derbe, Iconium, and Antioch?

(5) How do Paul and his companions describe their successes when they arrive in Antioch? How does this description relate to Paul’s prohibition against boasting?

(6) What happens when Paul first arrives in Jerusalem?

(7) What do the apostles debate in Jerusalem?

(8) How do Paul and Barnabas describe their work among the Gentiles?

(9) What do the apostles decide concerning Gentile converts to Christianity?

How does this decision relate to the universalism of Pauline Christianity?

(1) Prior to the USS Enterprise’s first contact with the Tamarian vessel, has the Federation ever successfully communicated with the Tamarians? Why?

(2) At the beginning of the episode, what is Lt. Worf concerned about?

(3) What is Councillor Troy’s response to this concern?

(4) Why is Captain Picard initially optimistic that his crew will be able to communicate with the Tamarians?

(5) In their first contact what does Captain Picard offer to the Tamarians?

(6) What does the Tamarian Captain offer to Picard when the Tamarian says "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"?

(7) After the two captains are transported down to the planet, what sense does Picard first make of the Tamarian captain’s gestures and words? Does Picard accept what he interprets as the offer of the Tamarian captain?

(8) What is the meaning of "Shaka, when the walls fell"?

(9) What meaning does Commander Ryker give to the actions of the Tamarians immediately after they transport Captain Picard down to the planet’s surface?

(10) What does the Tamarian captain do before he lies down to sleep?

(11) What does "Temba, his arms wide" mean?

(12) What electronic devices and interpretive strategies do Data and Troy use to make sense of the Tamarians’ language practices?

(13) What is their most important breakthrough in coming to understand the way the Tamarians communicate?

(14) When does Picard’s view of the Tamarian captain change from seeing him as an enemy to treating him as an ally? Why? At that point can Picard understand the Tamarian language? Can he communicate at all with the Tamarian captain?

(15) What sense do you make of the phrase "Sokath, his eyes uncovered"?

(16) What conclusions do Data and Troy report to Ryker from their study of the Tamarians’ language practices?

(17) What meaning do the crew members give to the phrase "Juliet on her balcony"? From where does this meaning derive?

(18) Why can’t the Enterprise crew communicate with the Tamarians even after they have figured out how the Tamarians think? What advantage does Picard have over the crew in learning how to communicate with the Tamarians?

(19) What does Picard (and the viewer) learn about the full story and the precise meaning of "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"?

(20) What is the meaning of "Picard and Damon at El-Adrel"?

(21) What is the last gesture we see Captain Picard making as the episode concludes and the credits begin?