View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 7, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Guilt.
(d) Memory of the pleasure of lovemaking.

2. Who does Abelard cite as an example of someone devout in the church?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Judith.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) Mary, mother of Christ.

3. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?
(a) Heloise.
(b) His father.
(c) Heloise's father.
(d) A friend.

4. What request of Heloise's does Abelard fail to fulfill in Letter 7?
(a) Her request for a rule.
(b) Her request for a reason to keep suffering.
(c) Her request for an end to his sufferings.
(d) Her request for a history of his experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why aren't outward manifestations reliable in indicating devotion, according to Heloise?

2. In Letter 6, what does Heloise ask Abelard to do for her?

3. How did the practice of nunnery change in the early church?

4. How does Heloise describe Abelard's situation?

5. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 291 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample