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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 scriptorium.
(b) The library.
(c) Salvatore’s cell.
(d) His own cell.

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

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

4. What is Severinus’s job at the abbey?
(a) Glazier.
(b) Cook.
(c) Herbalist.
(d) Cellarer.

5. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?
(a) His father.
(b) Brother William of Baskerville.
(c) The abbot.
(d) Ubartino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stolen from William?

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

3. Where was the apostolic seat?

4. In what form is the monastery constructed?

5. Where is the corpse found in ‘Second Day’?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Adso meet William?

2. What does William help the Cellarer to find?

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

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

5. How does Salvatore speak?

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

7. What is William fascinated by?

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

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

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

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