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

2. Where does William want to go that night in ‘Second Day’?
(a) To bed.
(b) To the scriptorium.
(c) To the baths.
(d) To the library.

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

4. What is William’s nationality?
(a) British.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In ‘Second Day,’ where does William tell the abbot they were?

2. Why has William come to the monastery?

3. What book cited Adso’s manuscript?

4. What is missing from Venantius’s desk in ‘Second Day’?

5. What is the form of the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is William fascinated by?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Adso meet William?

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

9. When does Adso write his manuscript?

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

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