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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At that time this book was written, who was the Emperor?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Charles.
(c) Louis.
(d) John.

2. What fascinated William?
(a) Machines.
(b) Writing books.
(c) Women.
(d) Horses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do the monks not do between matins and lauds?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Go back to bed.
(c) Pray.
(d) Study.

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

11. Who provides the key to entering the library in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Salvatore.
(b) Alinardo.
(c) Berengar.
(d) Benno.

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

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

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

15. 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 and Adso have arrived so early.
(d) That William knows so much about the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benno imply about Berengar?

2. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?

3. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?

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

5. Who is a mystery to Adso?

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