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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?
(a) February.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) December.

2. Who did Louis see as his allies?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The Franciscans.
(c) The Benedictines.
(d) The Dominicans.

3. How does Salvatore speak?
(a) In a mixture of different languages.
(b) In Latin.
(c) In Italian.
(d) He is mute.

4. Where do William and Adso go to investigate in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The library.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The labratory.
(d) The scriptorium.

5. What is missing from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?
(a) His writing utensils.
(b) A book in Latin.
(c) A book in Greek.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position has William held before?

2. How many people can enter the top floor of the Aedificium?

3. When did the monks go to bed?

4. Who provides the key to entering the library in ‘Second Day’?

5. At the time this book was written, who was the Pope?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is William’s mission at the abbey?

2. Who, in ‘Second Day,’ reveals that the library is a labyrinth?

3. What is William’s first conclusion about Adso’s death?

4. Why is Adso allowed to sit away from the novices in ‘First Day’?

5. How did the narrator originally lose his copy of the book?

6. How did Venantius die?

7. Who is the Emperor at the time of the events in the novel?

8. What is William fascinated by?

9. How does it look like Venantius died?

10. What does Benno reveal about Adelmo?

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