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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 does Adso draw in ‘Third Day’?

2. What is Benno’s new position?

3. What does the abbot witness Adso looking at in ‘Sxith Day’?

4. What did Salvatore do in the name of the Lord?

5. Who appears as Severinus tells William what he found in ‘Fifth Day’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What signs are there that Berengar is in trouble in ‘Third Day’?

2. What does William think about the relics?

3. What is Benno mostly ignorant of?

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

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

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

7. What does William try to illustrate by talking about the river?

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

9. What additional clothing is Severnius’s corpse wearing?

10. What code is used in Venantius’s book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The monks debate the role of women at great length. What are the different attitudes towards women? Does Adso agree with these views? Discuss his views in tandem with his encounter with the young girl in the kitchen.

Essay Topic 3

Many people are suspected of murder in the book – and many of these suspects die. Compare and contrast the possible murderers and theories that the story presents, and describe the ultimate outcome, as well as Jorge’s professed motives.

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