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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 the Use of Mirrors in the Game of Chess.
(b) On Labyrinths and Libraries.
(c) Monks of the Fourteenth Century.
(d) Mirror Game: Chess and the World.

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

3. Who is the first person from the monks that the men meet in ‘First Day’?
(a) The Cellarer.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) Ubartino.
(d) The abbot.

4. What surprises the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) That William has deigned to come to visit them.
(b) That William knows so much about the horse.
(c) That William and Adso have arrived so early.
(d) That they are there at all.

5. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?
(a) 1968
(b) 1932
(c) 1884
(d) 1980

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the Abbot withhold some information in ‘First Day’?

3. When does Compline take place?

4. What position has William held before?

5. When was sunset in the Prologue?

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