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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 the first person from the monks that the men meet in ‘First Day’?
(a) Ubartino.
(b) The Cellarer.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) The abbot.

2. What fascinated William?
(a) Machines.
(b) Women.
(c) Writing books.
(d) Horses.

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

4. What does Berengar think he saw in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Benno’s ghost.
(b) Benno alive.
(c) Adelmo's ghost.
(d) Adelmo alive.

5. When does Compline take place?
(a) At 4:30 p.m.
(b) Between 2:30 and 3:30a.m.
(c) Before 7 p.m.
(d) Around 6 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. In ‘Second Day,’ where does William tell the abbot they were?

2. Who is Ubertino obsessed with?

3. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?

4. How does Salvatore speak?

5. What is the form of the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William help the Cellarer to find?

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

3. What is William’s mission at the abbey?

4. What is William’s first conclusion about Adso’s death?

5. How does Adso feel about ‘modern’ life?

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

7. Who originally translated the book?

8. How does it look like Venantius died?

9. How did the narrator originally lose his copy of the book?

10. What is William fascinated by?

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