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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 is Adso writing this book?
(a) Directly following William’s death.
(b) Immediately after the events.
(c) At the end of his life.
(d) In the mid-1350s.

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

3. What does Benno imply about Berengar?
(a) That they are in love.
(b) That he is homosexual.
(c) That he is evil.
(d) That he has had relations with women.

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

5. When is the narrator now writing, according to the Preface?
(a) 1968
(b) 1932
(c) 1980
(d) 1884

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ubertino obsessed with?

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

3. What fascinated William?

4. In what form is the monastery constructed?

5. When does Compline take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is William fascinated by?

2. Who is the Pope at the time of the events in the novel?

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

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

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

6. Who does William already know at the abbey in ‘First Day’?

7. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

8. How did Venantius die?

9. How does Salvatore speak?

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

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