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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 6, Heloise to Abelard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How, in Letter 5, does Abelard say Heloise should see him now?
(a) As her saint.
(b) As her enemy.
(c) As her deliverer.
(d) As her partner in guilt and grace.

2. How does Heloise describe her and Abelard's story?
(a) Appalling and outrageous.
(b) Sad and moving.
(c) Moral and instructive.
(d) Tragic and unbearable.

3. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?
(a) Self-renunciation.
(b) Abelard alone.
(c) Duty.
(d) God alone.

4. What does Heloise say is Abelard's relation with her now?
(a) He owes her an enormous debt.
(b) He has to redeem her.
(c) She owes him an enormous debt.
(d) She has to redeem him.

5. What does Heloise say makes it impossible to endure Abelard's absence?
(a) Her knowledge of God's grace.
(b) Delight in the sinfulness of fornication.
(c) Memory of the pleasure of lovemaking.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Heloise ask Abelard in Letter 6?

2. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?

4. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

5. What is the logic behind Heloise's request to Abelard?

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