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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 metaphor does William use in ‘Third Day’ to describe heresy?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A river.
(c) The forest.
(d) A tree.

2. What languages does the confessor in ‘Third Day’ use?
(a) Latin.
(b) Provencal and Italian.
(c) Sign language.
(d) Italian.

3. What is different about the new visit to the library in ‘Fourth Day’?
(a) The bring someone with them.
(b) The library has been re-organized.
(c) It is light inside.
(d) The men know where they are.

4. Why did Jorge kill the most recent person in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He always hated him.
(b) He thought he was a heretic.
(c) He wanted to expose everything.
(d) He was in love with him.

5. What is the subject of Jorge’s sermon?
(a) The Crucifixion.
(b) The life of the abbey.
(c) Jesus's laughter.
(d) The antichrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adso do after his encounter in the kitchen?

2. What does the librarian do after being librarian?

3. Who appears as Severinus tells William what he found in ‘Fifth Day’?

4. What does the abbot witness Adso looking at in ‘Sxith Day’?

5. Who confesses to Adso in ‘Third Day’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William think about the relics?

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

3. How does William think the lepers have been used?

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

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

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

7. What does William think about the book in Arabic?

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

9. In ‘Fifth Day,’ who has taken the book?

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

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