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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 do the men find in the vault in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) The abbot.
(b) Ubertino.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Benno.

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

3. Where does William think to look for Berengar in ‘Third Day’?
(a) In the library.
(b) In his cell.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the bath.

4. What does William ask Severinus in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) If he knows what poison was used.
(b) Where he can get poison.
(c) Whether he has had any thefts.
(d) If he killed the monks.

5. What does the strange book in ‘Seventh Day’ contain?
(a) The Koran.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The old Testament.
(d) A work by Aristotle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the book when William and Adso go back in ‘Fifth Day’?

2. What is notable about Malachi’s body?

3. What does William imply about relics in ‘Sixth Day’?

4. Who is Adso supposed to follow in ‘Fifth Day’?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes the Cellarer ‘confess’?

3. What is unusual about Berengar’s corpse?

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

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

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

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

8. Who replaces the librarian?

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

10. In ‘Fourth Day,’ what poison might have been used on the dead monks?

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