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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Matins take place?
(a) At 4:30 p.m.
(b) Before 7 p.m.
(c) Around 6 p.m.
(d) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

2. To what order did Brother William belong?
(a) Dominican.
(b) None.
(c) Franciscan.
(d) Fratelli.

3. When is the narrator now writing, according to the Preface?
(a) 1932
(b) 1980
(c) 1968
(d) 1884

4. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?
(a) Brother William of Baskerville.
(b) Ubartino.
(c) His father.
(d) The abbot.

5. When was sunset in the Prologue?
(a) Around 4:30 p.m.
(b) At 9 p.m.
(c) At 6 p.m.
(d) At 7 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bulk of the monastery called?

2. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?

3. How does Salvatore speak?

4. What area of the abbey is forbidden to William?

5. What is Severinus’s job at the abbey?

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