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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does William know what he tells the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) Someone has told him.
(b) He is guessing at random.
(c) Through informed reasoning.
(d) He is psychic.

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

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

4. When is Adso writing this book?
(a) Directly following William’s death.
(b) Immediately after the events.
(c) At the end of his life.
(d) In the mid-1350s.

5. In ‘Fifth Day,’ where do Adso and William discover the book has gone?
(a) With William.
(b) With Benno.
(c) In the scriptorium.
(d) The Malachi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears as Severinus tells William what he found in ‘Fifth Day’?

2. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?

3. What fascinated William?

4. Whom did William consider his master?

5. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?

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