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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Page.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Benno’s new position?
(a) Cellarer.
(b) Assistant librarian.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Herbalist.

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

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

4. What does Jorge allow William to do in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Read the book.
(c) Flee.
(d) Arrest him.

5. When did William die?
(a) At the end of the century.
(b) He didn't.
(c) In the middle of the century.
(d) Immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Adso writing his manuscript?

2. What metaphor does William use in ‘Third Day’ to describe heresy?

3. What does William see as the inspiration for what happens to Adso during the choir’s chanting in ‘Sixth Day’?

4. What distinction does Adso struggle with in ‘Seventh Day’?

5. For whom had the woman come the previous night in ‘Fourth Day’?

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