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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Adso writing this book?
(a) At the end of his life.
(b) Directly following William’s death.
(c) In the mid-1350s.
(d) Immediately after the events.

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

3. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?
(a) On Labyrinths and Libraries.
(b) On the Use of Mirrors in the Game of Chess.
(c) Monks of the Fourteenth Century.
(d) Mirror Game: Chess and the World.

4. To what order did Brother William belong?
(a) Franciscan.
(b) None.
(c) Fratelli.
(d) Dominican.

5. Where was the apostolic seat?
(a) Tuscany.
(b) Rome.
(c) The Vatican.
(d) Avignon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did William consider his master?

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

3. In the Preface, what language is the current narrator writing in?

4. When did the monks go to bed?

5. What language was the original work in?

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