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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 does Compline take place?
(a) Between 2:30 and 3:30a.m.
(b) At 4:30 p.m.
(c) Around 6 p.m.
(d) Before 7 p.m.

2. What is the bulk of the monastery called?
(a) The labyrinth.
(b) The library.
(c) The hall.
(d) The Aedificium.

3. What surprises the Cellarer in ‘First Day’?
(a) That William knows so much about the horse.
(b) That William has deigned to come to visit them.
(c) That William and Adso have arrived so early.
(d) That they are there at all.

4. When does Matins take place?
(a) Before 7 p.m.
(b) Between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.
(c) Around 6 p.m.
(d) At 4:30 p.m.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jorge and William debate in ‘Second Day’?

2. Where is Adso from originally?

3. What language was the original work in?

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

5. What area of the abbey is forbidden to William?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Benno reveal about Adelmo?

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

7. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

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

9. Where did Adso meet William?

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

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