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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William tell Adso to do in ‘Fifth Day’?
(a) Follow the abbot.
(b) Translate the manuscript.
(c) Help him explore.
(d) Go to bed.

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

3. Who arrives on Day Four?
(a) The Franciscan group of monks.
(b) The Minorites and the Pope’s men.
(c) The Dominican group of monks.
(d) The heretics.

4. What do the monks chant during Matins?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) The Sederunt.
(c) Dies irae.
(d) Hail Mary.

5. What happens to the strange book in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Aso takes it.
(b) It burns up.
(c) Jorge eats it.
(d) It falls out the window.

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

7. What does Severinus think had happened to his poison?
(a) Adso has it.
(b) His assistant stole it.
(c) William has it.
(d) It disappeared in the accident.

8. What is unusual about Berengar’s body when it is examined?
(a) He has been beheaded.
(b) His tongue is black.
(c) His fingers have been amputated.
(d) His fingers are black.

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

10. From whom does Adso learn the story of Dolcino?
(a) Umbartino.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) William.
(d) The cellarer.

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

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

13. What does Benno reveal about the book in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) It is new.
(b) It was not on parchment, but rather on linen.
(c) It is written on parchment.
(d) It has disappeared.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the false pattern William followed?

2. What is the key to entering the inner room?

3. Who feeds William and Adso cheese in batter?

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

5. What does William see as the inspiration for what happens to Adso during the choir’s chanting in ‘Sixth Day’?

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