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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the librarian do after being librarian?
(a) He never stops being librarian.
(b) He dies.
(c) He becomes the abbot.
(d) He retires.

2. What is the subject of Jorge’s sermon?
(a) The life of the abbey.
(b) The antichrist.
(c) The Crucifixion.
(d) Jesus's laughter.

3. Where is Berengar found in ‘Third Day’?
(a) In a bath.
(b) In his cell.
(c) In teh scriptorium.
(d) In the library.

4. Why couldn’t Abo enter through the mirror?
(a) He doesn't understand it.
(b) He is too fat.
(c) He forgot the code.
(d) He is too short.

5. What does Adso do when he finds Jorge in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He steals the book.
(b) He pushes him out the window.
(c) He jumps on him.
(d) He drops the lamp.

6. What is Benno’s new position?
(a) Assistant librarian.
(b) Cellarer.
(c) Herbalist.
(d) Librarian.

7. What almost happens to William and Adso in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) They are nearly trapped in the room.
(b) They almost die.
(c) They almost kill each other.
(d) They nearly fall down the stairs.

8. What story does William change Adso’s conception of in ‘Third Day’?
(a) The crucifixion.
(b) St. Francis and the birds.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) The loaves and fishes.

9. Who will take over the duties of the Librarian?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Malachi.
(c) The abbot.
(d) Benno.

10. With whom is William hostile in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) The abot.
(b) Barnardo Guido.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) Adso.

11. What does Adso read on his own in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) The finis Africae.
(b) Treaties about women.
(c) Treaties about Love.
(d) The Bible.

12. What does the abbot tell William in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) To cease his investigations.
(b) To stop bothering him.
(c) To keep trying.
(d) To leave immediately.

13. What can the Cellarer not stand?
(a) Bernard Gui.
(b) Torture.
(c) Questions.
(d) Interrogation.

14. Why will the abbot not intervene for the condemned?
(a) He is certain of their guilt.
(b) He does not want to risk losing any more prestige.
(c) He trusts Bernard Gui.
(d) He does not believe in their innocence.

15. Why does a girl in ‘Third Day’ prostitute herself?
(a) For fun.
(b) She doesn't.
(c) For money.
(d) For food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does Adso struggle with in ‘Seventh Day’?

2. What does William do before complying with Jorge’s request in ‘Seventh Day’?

3. What does Jorge allow William to do in ‘Seventh Day’?

4. What is unusual about Berengar’s body when it is examined?

5. What is found in Berengar’s cell on ‘Third Day’?

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