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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. Where does Benno recommend William search in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The library.
(b) His own cell.
(c) The scriptorium.
(d) Salvatore’s cell.

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

3. At that time this book was written, who was the Emperor?
(a) Bernard.
(b) John.
(c) Louis.
(d) Charles.

4. What does Benno imply about Berengar?
(a) That they are in love.
(b) That he has had relations with women.
(c) That he is homosexual.
(d) That he is evil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a mystery to Adso?

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

3. What position has William held before?

4. What is William’s nationality?

5. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Adso meet William?

2. How did Venantius die?

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

4. Why is Adso allowed to sit away from the novices in ‘First Day’?

5. What is William fascinated by?

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

7. Who does William already know at the abbey in ‘First Day’?

8. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

9. Who is the Emperor at the time of the events in the novel?

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

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