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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What area of the abbey is forbidden to William?
(a) The church.
(b) The library.
(c) The gardens.
(d) The scriptorium.

3. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?
(a) The abbot.
(b) Ubartino.
(c) Brother William of Baskerville.
(d) His father.

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

5. To which monastery did Adso belong?
(a) The Monastery of Munich.
(b) The Monastery of Cluny.
(c) The Monastery of Melk.
(d) The Monastery of Vallé.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did William consider his master?

2. Who did Louis see as his allies?

3. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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