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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. Why is Adso frustrated intellectually in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) Because Venantius’s parchment still makes no sense.
(b) Because he wants to leave.
(c) Because he cannot understand Salvatore.
(d) Because William does not understand him.

2. What does the abbot witness Adso looking at in ‘Sxith Day’?
(a) His sandals.
(b) His ring.
(c) His hair.
(d) His habit.

3. What does Jorge allow William to do in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) Flee.
(b) Read the book.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Arrest him.

4. What can the Cellarer not stand?
(a) Questions.
(b) Bernard Gui.
(c) Interrogation.
(d) Torture.

5. Why does a girl in ‘Third Day’ prostitute herself?
(a) She doesn't.
(b) For food.
(c) For fun.
(d) For money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the book being looked for strange?

2. Who feeds William and Adso cheese in batter?

3. Why did Jorge want to protect the book from others?

4. What metaphor does William use in ‘Third Day’ to describe heresy?

5. In ‘Sixth Day,’ when does the abbot wish William and Adso to leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. In ‘Fourth Day,’ how many ‘eyes’ does William now have, according to Adso?

2. What has happened to the abbot in ‘Seventh Day’?

3. Where were William’s eyeglasses in ‘Fourth Day’?

4. What might be ‘dangerous’ about the book’s form?

5. Who does Bernard Gui (Bernardo Guido) accuse of the murders in ‘Fourth Day’?

6. What are William and Adso searching for in the laboratory in ‘Fifth Day’?

7. What additional clothing is Severnius’s corpse wearing?

8. What does William think about the relics?

9. How does William protect himself from the book in ‘Seventh Day’?

10. What is Benno scared of in ‘Sixth Day’?

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