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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 9, Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?
(a) Anselm of Laon.
(b) Anselm of Canterbury.
(c) Fulbert.
(d) William of Champeaux.

2. Who was Peter the Venerable?
(a) The pope.
(b) Heloise.
(c) Abelard.
(d) The Abbott of Cluny.

3. What were the contents of the letter Heloise saw?
(a) Heloise's father asking his men to take revenge.
(b) Heloise's father asking the authorities to punish Abelard.
(c) Heloise's mother asking her husband to be lenient on Abelard.
(d) Abelard lamenting his and Heloise's plight.

4. How are things distributed in poverty, according to Abelard?
(a) According to deserving.
(b) According to power.
(c) According to need.
(d) According to right.

5. What is the relationship between the first letter and the others?
(a) It predicts what will come.
(b) It summarizes the action of the remaining letters.
(c) It sets the stage.
(d) It comments on the action that already unfolded in the remaining letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contrast does Abelard describe between early practice and current practice?

2. What are Heloise's feelings at losing Abelard?

3. What did the sender of Letter 9 advise Abelard to do?

4. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?

5. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?

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