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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whom did William consider his master?
(a) Roger Bacon.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) Francis Bacon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Adso writing this book?

2. What fascinated William?

3. What language was the original work in?

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

5. Where is Adso from originally?

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