View a FREE sample

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 William has deigned to come to visit them.
(b) That William knows so much about the horse.
(c) That William and Adso have arrived so early.
(d) That they are there at all.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. In what form is the monastery constructed?
(a) An octogon.
(b) A rectangle.
(c) A triangle.
(d) A square.

11. Whom did William consider his master?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Roger Bacon.
(c) The Emperor.
(d) The Pope.

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

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

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

15. Where was the apostolic seat?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) Rome.
(c) Avignon.
(d) Tuscany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?

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

3. What is William’s nationality?

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

5. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 382 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample