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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Matins take place?
(a) At 4:30 p.m.
(b) Before 7 p.m.
(c) Around 6 p.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

2. When does Compline take place?
(a) Around 6 p.m.
(b) Between 2:30 and 3:30a.m.
(c) Before 7 p.m.
(d) At 4:30 p.m.

3. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?
(a) Brother William of Baskerville.
(b) The abbot.
(c) His father.
(d) Ubartino.

4. When was sunset in the Prologue?
(a) Around 4:30 p.m.
(b) At 6 p.m.
(c) At 9 p.m.
(d) At 7 p.m.

5. When is the narrator now writing, according to the Preface?
(a) 1884
(b) 1932
(c) 1980
(d) 1968

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?

2. Who lives at the apostolic seat?

3. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?

4. Where was the apostolic seat?

5. In what year do the events of the book take place?

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