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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 Jorge do to the book in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He files it away.
(b) He eats it.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He hides it.

2. What does Severinus think had happened to his poison?
(a) His assistant stole it.
(b) William has it.
(c) Adso has it.
(d) It disappeared in the accident.

3. What machine does William speak of for finding their way in ‘Third Day’?
(a) A map.
(b) A compass.
(c) A book.
(d) A lamp.

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

5. What does Benno reveal about the book in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) It was not on parchment, but rather on linen.
(b) It is written on parchment.
(c) It has disappeared.
(d) It is new.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Adso during the choir’s chanting in ‘Sixth Day’?

2. What inspired Adso’s vision?

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

4. What area of the library are the men looking for in ‘Fourth Day’?

5. What problem does the fire present?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unusual about Berengar’s corpse?

3. What happens to the librarian when he is done with his job?

4. What happens to Benno in ‘Fifth Day’?

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

6. What is Benno mostly ignorant of?

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

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

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

10. If William does not solve the crime, who will?

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