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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?
(a) Because of the lamp that is left out.
(b) He has fallen asleep.
(c) From the herbs he has taken.
(d) William makes him hallucinate.

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

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

6. Who is Ubertino obsessed with?
(a) Clare of Montefalco.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) William.
(d) The virgin Mary.

7. Who is a mystery to Adso?
(a) Fra Dolcino.
(b) The abbot.
(c) William.
(d) Ubertino.

8. Where does Benno recommend William search in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The library.
(b) His own cell.
(c) The scriptorium.
(d) Salvatore’s cell.

9. What kind of cipher is written on the page William and Adso find in the library?
(a) An astrological cipher.
(b) Morse code.
(c) A code in Arabic.
(d) Something completely incomprehensible.

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

11. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?
(a) The Abbé Vallet.
(b) An anonymous source.
(c) Brother William.
(d) Victor Hugo.

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

13. What position has William held before?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Inquisitor.
(d) Abbot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the apostolic seat?

2. What is stolen from William?

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

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

5. What is William’s nationality?

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