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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is a mystery to Adso?
(a) Fra Dolcino.
(b) Ubertino.
(c) The abbot.
(d) William.

2. What do Jorge and William debate in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The role of the church.
(b) Which sect has the most heretics.
(c) The purpose of poverty in religion.
(d) The role of laughter in religion.

3. When did the monks go to bed?
(a) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.
(b) Around 6 p.m.
(c) Before 7 p.m.
(d) Around 4:30 p.m.

4. How does Salvatore speak?
(a) In Latin.
(b) He is mute.
(c) In a mixture of different languages.
(d) In Italian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?

2. How many people can enter the top floor of the Aedificium?

3. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?

4. What fascinated William?

5. How does William know what he tells the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Berengar think he saw in ‘Second Day’?

2. How did Venantius die?

3. What is William fascinated by?

4. Who is the Pope at the time of the events in the novel?

5. What does Benno reveal about Adelmo?

6. Where did Adso meet William?

7. Who, in ‘Second Day,’ reveals that the library is a labyrinth?

8. What does William help the Cellarer to find?

9. Who originally translated the book?

10. How does it look like Venantius died?

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