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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. What does William think about Adso’s sin?
(a) That he needs to do penance for it.
(b) That it is understandable and maybe even useful.
(c) That he doesn't care.
(d) That he has damned his sole.

2. What does Salvatore intend to do in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) Leave the monastery.
(b) Bewitch a girl into sleeping with him.
(c) Tell on Adso.
(d) Turn William in.

3. What makes the book being looked for strange?
(a) It is written in several different languages.
(b) It is in Greek.
(c) It is invisible.
(d) It is in Arabic.

4. How did Berengar die?
(a) He was crucified.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was drowned.
(d) He was poisoned.

5. In ‘Fourth Day’, what does Alinardo think the basis for the crimes has been?
(a) The Beatitudes.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) The book of Revelation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does William change Adso’s conception of in ‘Third Day’?

2. What does William see as the inspiration for what happens to Adso during the choir’s chanting in ‘Sixth Day’?

3. What did William do to Venantius’s parchment?

4. What do the monks chant during Matins?

5. Who do the men find in the vault in ‘Seventh Day’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the Cellarer ‘confess’?

2. What is the position of the monk who dies in ‘Sixth Day’?

3. What signs are there that Berengar is in trouble in ‘Third Day’?

4. What does Salvatore expect his story to inspire in Adso?

5. What might be ‘dangerous’ about the book’s contents?

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

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

8. What are Salvatore and the Cellarer hiding in ‘Fourth Day’?

9. What code is used in Venantius’s book?

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

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