The Name of the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Name of the Rose Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives at the apostolic seat?
(a) The Emperor.
(b) The Pope.
(c) The monks.
(d) All the bishops.

2. What does the abbot express pride in?
(a) The abbey's riches.
(b) The abbey’s piousness.
(c) The abbey's history.
(d) His own health.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Salvatore speak?
(a) In Italian.
(b) He is mute.
(c) In a mixture of different languages.
(d) In Latin.

9. How many people can enter the top floor of the Aedificium?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Anyone can enter.
(d) One.

10. What do Jorge and William debate in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The role of laughter in religion.
(b) The purpose of poverty in religion.
(c) The role of the church.
(d) Which sect has the most heretics.

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

12. What does Benno imply about Berengar?
(a) That he has had relations with women.
(b) That they are in love.
(c) That he is evil.
(d) That he is homosexual.

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

14. What is the form of the library?
(a) A tunnel.
(b) A labyrinth.
(c) A single room.
(d) A spiral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the corpse found in ‘Second Day’?

2. To which monastery did Adso belong?

3. When does Compline take place?

4. When was sunset in the Prologue?

5. What will the monks debate in the discussions to take place?

(see the answer keys)

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