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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) Salvatore’s cell.
(d) The scriptorium.

2. What is stolen from William?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His light.
(c) His compass.
(d) His own book.

3. In ‘Second Day,’ where does William tell the abbot they were?
(a) In the scriptorium.
(b) In the library.
(c) Following some signs.
(d) Pursing a trail.

4. What position has William held before?
(a) Inquisitor.
(b) Abbot.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Bishop.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language was the original work in?

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

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

5. When is Adso writing this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Adso write his manuscript?

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

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

4. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

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

6. How does Salvatore speak?

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

8. What does Benno reveal about Adelmo?

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

10. Where did Adso meet William?

(see the answer keys)

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