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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is stolen from William?
(a) His light.
(b) His own book.
(c) His compass.
(d) His glasses.

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

6. What will the monks debate in the discussions to take place?
(a) The role of poverty in the church.
(b) Where the Pope should live.
(c) Which sects to exterminate.
(d) Who should be the main power.

7. When did the monks go to bed?
(a) Around 4:30 p.m.
(b) Around 6 p.m.
(c) Before 7 p.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

8. What is the bulk of the monastery called?
(a) The library.
(b) The hall.
(c) The labyrinth.
(d) The Aedificium.

9. In ‘Second Day,’ where does William tell the abbot they were?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the scriptorium.
(c) Pursing a trail.
(d) Following some signs.

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

11. Where is the corpse found in ‘Second Day’?
(a) In the vat of pig's blood.
(b) In the library.
(c) In bed.
(d) In the scriptorium.

12. At the time this book was written, who was the Pope?
(a) John Paul II.
(b) John XXII.
(c) Ignacious IV.
(d) Clement V.

13. Why has William come to the monastery?
(a) To learn about potions.
(b) To rest.
(c) To study a manuscript.
(d) To investigate the death of Adelmo.

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

15. What language was the original work in?
(a) German.
(b) Latin.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William want to go that night in ‘Second Day’?

2. Who is Abo?

3. In what year do the events of the book take place?

4. Who is the first person from the monks that the men meet in ‘First Day’?

5. What does Benno imply about Berengar?

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