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

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

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

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

5. What kind of cipher is written on the page William and Adso find in the library?
(a) A code in Arabic.
(b) An astrological cipher.
(c) Morse code.
(d) Something completely incomprehensible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ubertino obsessed with?

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

3. What is the form of the library?

4. At that time this book was written, who was the Emperor?

5. What is William’s nationality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adso feel about ‘modern’ life?

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

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

4. What must the men pass through to reach the library at night?

5. Where did Adso meet William?

6. Why is Adso allowed to sit away from the novices in ‘First Day’?

7. What does Berengar think he saw in ‘Second Day’?

8. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

9. How did the narrator originally lose his copy of the book?

10. What is William’s first conclusion about Adso’s death?

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