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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the abbot express pride in?
(a) The abbey’s piousness.
(b) The abbey's riches.
(c) The abbey's history.
(d) His own health.

2. What is Severinus’s job at the abbey?
(a) Glazier.
(b) Cellarer.
(c) Herbalist.
(d) Cook.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the first monk Adso and William meet looking for?
(a) A horse.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) A mule.
(d) The abbot.

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

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

12. Why does the Abbot withhold some information in ‘First Day’?
(a) He doesn't know the information.
(b) It was told to him in confession.
(c) He has forgotten the information.
(d) He is uncertain of the information.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Adso writing this book?

2. Who lives at the apostolic seat?

3. Who did Louis see as his allies?

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

5. When does Matins take place?

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