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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?
(a) An anonymous source.
(b) Brother William.
(c) The Abbé Vallet.
(d) Victor Hugo.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?

3. Where was the apostolic seat?

4. Where is Adso from originally?

5. Who lives at the apostolic seat?

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