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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fascinated William?
(a) Horses.
(b) Writing books.
(c) Women.
(d) Machines.

2. What language was the original work in?
(a) Italian.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) French.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is the narrator now writing, according to the Preface?

3. When does Matins take place?

4. Whom did William consider his master?

5. When is Adso writing this book?

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