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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adso draw in ‘Third Day’?
(a) A map of the library.
(b) A map of the scriptorium.
(c) A map of the abbey.
(d) A map of the exits.

2. What is different about the new visit to the library in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) The men know where they are.
(b) The bring someone with them.
(c) The library has been re-organized.
(d) It is light inside.

3. In ‘Fourth Day’, what does Alinardo think the basis for the crimes has been?
(a) The Beatitudes.
(b) The book of Revelation.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

4. What does the abbot give a lecture on in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) Jesus's laughter.
(b) The language of gemstones.
(c) Jesus's poverty.
(d) The language of the Bible.

5. What does the large group debate as a whole in ‘Fifth Day’?
(a) Heretics.
(b) Jesus's poverty.
(c) Their own faith.
(d) Jesus's laughter.

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

7. What does Jorge allow William to do in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Flee.
(b) Arrest him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Read the book.

8. What kind of book does William think they are looking for in ‘Fifth Day’?
(a) One in English.
(b) One in Arabic.
(c) One in Latin.
(d) One in Greek.

9. What is Adso’s love accused of?
(a) Breaking and entering.
(b) Theft.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Being a witch.

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

11. Why did Jorge kill the most recent person in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He was in love with him.
(b) He always hated him.
(c) He wanted to expose everything.
(d) He thought he was a heretic.

12. For whom had the woman come the previous night in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) Adso.
(b) The Cellarer.
(c) The abbot.
(d) Salvatore.

13. What do William and Adso look for in Severinus’s chambers?
(a) Any sign of something strange.
(b) The strange book.
(c) The poison.
(d) The murderer.

14. What does William do before complying with Jorge’s request in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He makes Adso leave.
(b) Kills Jorge.
(c) He puts on his gloves.
(d) He puts on his glasses.

15. How does Adso awaken the monks in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) With the bell.
(b) By yelling.
(c) He has the abbot do it.
(d) One by one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who examines Berengar’s body with William?

2. What does William think about Adso’s sin?

3. Who begins to investigate the crimes in ‘Fourth Day’?

4. What carries the flames around the abbey?

5. In ‘Fifth Day,’ where do Adso and William discover the book has gone?

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