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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is missing from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His writing utensils.
(c) A book in Latin.
(d) A book in Greek.

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

3. In the Preface, what language is the current narrator writing in?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

4. Who used to be a Dolcian?
(a) The abbot.
(b) Adso.
(c) William.
(d) The Cellarer.

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

6. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?
(a) December.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) January.

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

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

9. Where do William and Adso go to investigate in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The scriptorium.
(b) The labratory.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The library.

10. When does Matins take place?
(a) Around 6 p.m.
(b) Before 7 p.m.
(c) At 4:30 p.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

11. What does William question Severinus about in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The history of Greek.
(b) One particular book.
(c) Poisons.
(d) Herbs.

12. When was sunset in the Prologue?
(a) At 9 p.m.
(b) Around 4:30 p.m.
(c) At 6 p.m.
(d) At 7 p.m.

13. What is the first monk Adso and William meet looking for?
(a) The abbot.
(b) A horse.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) A mule.

14. To what order did Brother William belong?
(a) None.
(b) Dominican.
(c) Fratelli.
(d) Franciscan.

15. 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. What language was the original work in?

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

3. What is the form of the library?

4. How does William know what he tells the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?

5. What does Benno imply about Berengar?

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