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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the narrator receive the manuscript?
(a) 1980
(b) 1968
(c) 1884
(d) 1932

2. Who is a mystery to Adso?
(a) Fra Dolcino.
(b) William.
(c) The abbot.
(d) Ubertino.

3. Why has William come to the monastery?
(a) To study a manuscript.
(b) To learn about potions.
(c) To rest.
(d) To investigate the death of Adelmo.

4. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?
(a) On the Use of Mirrors in the Game of Chess.
(b) Monks of the Fourteenth Century.
(c) On Labyrinths and Libraries.
(d) Mirror Game: Chess and the World.

5. How many people can enter the top floor of the Aedificium?
(a) Anyone can enter.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the apostolic seat?

2. When did the monks go to bed?

3. When does Matins take place?

4. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?

5. When are Adso and William traveling in ‘First Day’?

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