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

2. When did the monks go to bed?
(a) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.
(b) Around 6 p.m.
(c) Around 4:30 p.m.
(d) Before 7 p.m.

3. Where is Adso from originally?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. Who lives at the apostolic seat?
(a) The monks.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) The Pope.
(d) All the bishops.

5. What does the abbot express pride in?
(a) The abbey’s piousness.
(b) The abbey's riches.
(c) The abbey's history.
(d) His own health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has William come to the monastery?

2. Why does the Abbot withhold some information in ‘First Day’?

3. Who is the first person from the monks that the men meet in ‘First Day’?

4. What language was the original work in?

5. To what order did Brother William belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the narrator find confirmation of the book’s veracity?

2. What is William’s mission at the abbey?

3. Who is the Emperor at the time of the events in the novel?

4. What does Benno reveal about Adelmo?

5. When does Adso write his manuscript?

6. Who, in ‘Second Day,’ reveals that the library is a labyrinth?

7. What do the monks debate at the first dinner?

8. What two things disappear from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?

9. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

10. How does Salvatore speak?

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