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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. When is Adso writing this book?
(a) In the mid-1350s.
(b) Directly following William’s death.
(c) At the end of his life.
(d) Immediately after the events.

2. When is the narrator now writing, according to the Preface?
(a) 1980
(b) 1968
(c) 1932
(d) 1884

3. What is missing from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?
(a) His writing utensils.
(b) A book in Greek.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A book in Latin.

4. When was sunset in the Prologue?
(a) Around 4:30 p.m.
(b) At 9 p.m.
(c) At 6 p.m.
(d) At 7 p.m.

5. Where is the corpse found in ‘Second Day’?
(a) In bed.
(b) In the vat of pig's blood.
(c) In the scriptorium.
(d) In the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Abbot withhold some information in ‘First Day’?

2. What position has William held before?

3. To what order did Brother William belong?

4. Who did Louis see as his allies?

5. What area of the abbey is forbidden to William?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Venantius die?

2. How does Salvatore speak?

3. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

4. Where did Adso meet William?

5. What does William help the Cellarer to find?

6. When does Adso write his manuscript?

7. What do the monks debate at the first dinner?

8. What must the men pass through to reach the library at night?

9. Where did the narrator find confirmation of the book’s veracity?

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

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