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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Ubertino obsessed with?
(a) William.
(b) The virgin Mary.
(c) Clare of Montefalco.
(d) Mary Magdalene.

3. Why does Adso hallucinate in the library?
(a) From the herbs he has taken.
(b) He has fallen asleep.
(c) Because of the lamp that is left out.
(d) William makes him hallucinate.

4. Who used to be a Dolcian?
(a) The abbot.
(b) William.
(c) The Cellarer.
(d) Adso.

5. In what year do the events of the book take place?
(a) 1323
(b) 1314
(c) 1387
(d) 1327

6. What 18th Century figure translated Adso’s work?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) The Abbé Vallet.
(c) Brother William.
(d) An anonymous source.

7. Where do William and Adso go to investigate in ‘Second Day’?
(a) The labratory.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The scriptorium.
(d) The library.

8. Where does Benno recommend William search in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Salvatore’s cell.
(b) The library.
(c) His own cell.
(d) The scriptorium.

9. What fascinated William?
(a) Horses.
(b) Women.
(c) Writing books.
(d) Machines.

10. Who did Louis see as his allies?
(a) The Dominicans.
(b) The Benedictines.
(c) The Franciscans.
(d) Nobody.

11. Who is Abo?
(a) The abbot.
(b) A random monk.
(c) Salvatore.
(d) The cellarer.

12. What is Severinus’s job at the abbey?
(a) Glazier.
(b) Cellarer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Herbalist.

13. What does William question Severinus about in ‘Second Day’?
(a) Poisons.
(b) One particular book.
(c) The history of Greek.
(d) Herbs.

14. What is the form of the library?
(a) A tunnel.
(b) A spiral.
(c) A single room.
(d) A labyrinth.

15. Where was the apostolic seat?
(a) Avignon.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) Rome.
(d) Tuscany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language was the original work in?

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

3. At the time this book was written, who was the Pope?

4. What will the monks debate in the discussions to take place?

5. In the Preface, what language is the current narrator writing in?

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