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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 is the key to entering the inner room?
(a) The trap door.
(b) The words on the floor.
(c) The literal key.
(d) The words over the mirror.

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

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

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

5. What does Malachi do during the service in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) Gives a sermon.
(b) Laughs aloud.
(c) Sways and collapses.
(d) Participates fully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William think about Adso’s sin?

2. What does the abbot give a lecture on in ‘Sixth Day’?

3. What does Adso draw in ‘Third Day’?

4. What does Salvatore intend to do in ‘Fourth Day’?

5. Why will the abbot not intervene for the condemned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Berengar’s corpse?

2. What does William think about the relics?

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

4. What is William’s response to the fire?

5. What is Benno mostly ignorant of?

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

7. How do William and Adso use their knowledge of the library in ‘Third Day’?

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

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

10. What does William try to illustrate by talking about the river?

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