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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 10, Peter the Venerable to Heloise, Letter 11, Heloise, Letter to Peter the Venerable, Letter 12, Peter the Venerable, Letter to Heloise, The Absolution for Peter Abelard, Two Hymns.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter the Venerable say he admires?
(a) Heloise's background.
(b) Heloise's contrition.
(c) Heloise's writings.
(d) Heloise's piety.

2. What does Heloise say men say about her?
(a) That she is a hypocrite.
(b) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(c) That she is chaste.
(d) That she is the most miserable of women.

3. What did the woman do, whom Abelard cited in Letter 7?
(a) Anointed Christ with oil.
(b) Discovered Christ's empty tomb.
(c) Prepared for the Last Supper.
(d) Took Christ down from the cross.

4. Who does Heloise say in Letter 6 Abelard should imitate?
(a) The pope.
(b) The abbot.
(c) Her.
(d) Christ.

5. What does Peter the Venerable say is his estimation of Abelard?
(a) An effective bureaucrat.
(b) A skilled manager.
(c) A brilliant religious thinker.
(d) Truly a great man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abelard feel about his castration?

2. What does Heloise remind Abelard of?

3. What else did Abelard do right before he died?

4. What does Peter the Venerable say to Heloise in Letter 10?

5. What should nuns primarily think about, according to Abelard?

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