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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stolen from William?

2. Where is Adso from originally?

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

4. Whom did Adso accompany on his travels?

5. Where do William and Adso go to investigate in ‘Second Day’?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who originally translated the book?

3. When does Adso write his manuscript?

4. Why is Jorge so unnerving?

5. What does William help the Cellarer to find?

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

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

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

9. Where did the narrator find confirmation of the book’s veracity?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The abbot and William finally end up at odds with one another. Why does the abbot wish William to stop investigating and leave? Compare and contrast the two men’s characters and their ultimate fates.

Essay Topic 2

The monks debate Jesus’s laughter at great length. Why is such a seemingly small matter the subject of so much debate? What texts do they rely on to support their theories? What is the greater significance of their debates, and how often do they refer to these issues?

Essay Topic 3

Adso believes himself to be in love with the woman in the kitchen. Why does he believe this? How does this affect him? In what ways might this be a positive thing, and in what ways negative? How does he view the experience from his advanced age?

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