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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. What languages does the confessor in ‘Third Day’ use?
(a) Sign language.
(b) Italian.
(c) Provencal and Italian.
(d) Latin.

2. Where is Berengar found in ‘Third Day’?
(a) In the library.
(b) In his cell.
(c) In teh scriptorium.
(d) In a bath.

3. Why is it difficult to follow Jorge in ‘Seventh Day’?
(a) He has extinguished the light.
(b) He moves so quickly.
(c) He is dangerous.
(d) He makes a lot of noise.

4. What do the monks chant during Matins?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) The Sederunt.
(c) Hail Mary.
(d) Dies irae.

5. What does the choir chant in ‘Sixth Day’?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) The Sederunt.
(d) Dies irae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does William change Adso’s conception of in ‘Third Day’?

2. In ‘Sixth Day,’ when does the abbot wish William and Adso to leave?

3. What does Adso do after his encounter in the kitchen?

4. What do William and Adso look for in Severinus’s chambers?

5. According to the monks, who was Dolcino?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might be ‘dangerous’ about the book’s contents?

2. Where were William’s eyeglasses in ‘Fourth Day’?

3. How do William and Adso use their knowledge of the library in ‘Third Day’?

4. What is unusual about Berengar’s corpse?

5. What are William and Adso searching for in the laboratory in ‘Fifth Day’?

6. What does William think about the book in Arabic?

7. What has happened to the abbot in ‘Seventh Day’?

8. If William does not solve the crime, who will?

9. Who left in ‘Sixth Day’ knows the secrets of the library?

10. In ‘Fifth Day,’ who has taken the book?

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