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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) That they are there at all.
(b) That William has deigned to come to visit them.
(c) That William knows so much about the horse.
(d) That William and Adso have arrived so early.

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

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

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

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

6. To which monastery did Adso belong?
(a) The Monastery of Cluny.
(b) The Monastery of Melk.
(c) The Monastery of Vallé.
(d) The Monastery of Munich.

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Who should be the main power.
(d) Which sects to exterminate.

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

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

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

15. Who is Abo?
(a) The abbot.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) The cellarer.
(d) A random monk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William question Severinus about in ‘Second Day’?

2. When is Adso writing this book?

3. At that time this book was written, who was the Emperor?

4. What does Berengar think he saw in ‘Second Day’?

5. What is stolen from William?

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