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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 Abo?
(a) The cellarer.
(b) The abbot.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) A random monk.

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

3. What will the monks debate in the discussions to take place?
(a) Which sects to exterminate.
(b) The role of poverty in the church.
(c) Where the Pope should live.
(d) Who should be the main power.

4. Who provides the key to entering the library in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Benno.
(b) Salvatore.
(c) Berengar.
(d) Alinardo.

5. Who is a mystery to Adso?
(a) Ubertino.
(b) William.
(c) Fra Dolcino.
(d) The abbot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Preface, what language is the current narrator writing in?

2. What does Benno imply about Berengar?

3. Whom did William consider his master?

4. What kind of cipher is written on the page William and Adso find in the library?

5. What does the abbot express pride in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two things disappear from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?

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

3. How does Salvatore speak?

4. Who originally translated the book?

5. What is William fascinated by?

6. Where did Adso meet William?

7. How did Venantius die?

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

9. How does it look like Venantius died?

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

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