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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?
(a) He has fallen asleep.
(b) From the herbs he has taken.
(c) Because of the lamp that is left out.
(d) William makes him hallucinate.

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

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

5. What do the monks not do between matins and lauds?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Go back to bed.
(c) Pray.
(d) Study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is William’s nationality?

2. Who provides the key to entering the library in ‘Second Day’?

3. What language was the original work in?

4. What surprises the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?

5. Who is Abo?

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