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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is William’s nationality?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

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

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

5. Why does the Abbot withhold some information in ‘First Day’?
(a) He is uncertain of the information.
(b) It was told to him in confession.
(c) He has forgotten the information.
(d) He doesn't know the information.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Matins take place?

2. At the time this book was written, who was the Pope?

3. When is Adso writing this book?

4. What is the first monk Adso and William meet looking for?

5. In what form is the monastery constructed?

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