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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year do the events of the book take place?
(a) 1323
(b) 1314
(c) 1327
(d) 1387

2. When did the monks go to bed?
(a) Around 4:30 p.m.
(b) Around 6 p.m.
(c) Before 7 p.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

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

4. Where is Adso from originally?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) France.

5. At the time this book was written, who was the Pope?
(a) John Paul II.
(b) Clement V.
(c) John XXII.
(d) Ignacious IV.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives at the apostolic seat?

2. Whom did William consider his master?

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

4. At that time this book was written, who was the Emperor?

5. When was sunset in the Prologue?

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