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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What carries the flames around the abbey?
(a) The horses.
(b) The wind.
(c) The books.
(d) The men.

2. What happens to Ubertino?
(a) He disappeares.
(b) He retires.
(c) He takes flight.
(d) He is killed.

3. Why is the book dangerous?
(a) It isn't.
(b) It contains a demon.
(c) It has poison on its pages.
(d) It cuts men.

4. Who will take over the duties of the Cellarer?
(a) Malichi.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Benno.
(d) Salvatore.

5. Who confesses to Adso in ‘Third Day’?
(a) Benno.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) The Cellarer.
(d) William.

6. What metaphor does William use in ‘Third Day’ to describe heresy?
(a) A tree.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A river.
(d) The forest.

7. What area of the library are the men looking for in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) Yspana.
(b) Ingleterra.
(c) Africa.
(d) Europe.

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

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

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

11. Who do the men find in the vault in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Benno.
(b) The abbot.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Ubertino.

12. In ‘Fifth Day,’ who does Bernardo think is guilty and investigate?
(a) William.
(b) The abbot.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) The Cellarer.

13. Who does William try to save in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Ubertino.
(b) The abbot.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Adso.

14. What is notable about Malachi’s body?
(a) He is short.
(b) He is bloated.
(c) His tongue is black.
(d) His fingers are black.

15. What distinction does Adso struggle with in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Heretics and Believers.
(b) Dominicans and Franciscans.
(c) Free will of God and chaos.
(d) Jorge and William.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn’t Abo enter through the mirror?

2. What do William and Adso look for in Severinus’s chambers?

3. What makes the book being looked for strange?

4. What did William do to Venantius’s parchment?

5. Why will the abbot not intervene for the condemned?

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