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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. When did the practice of monasteries and convents begin?
(a) In antiquity.
(b) In the Middle Ages.
(c) In Christ's time.
(d) In Roman times.

2. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard to do?
(a) Spare her further grief.
(b) Come to see her.
(c) Tell her about his situation in detail.
(d) Rescue her from the convent.

3. What was the sender of Letter 9 trying to offer Abelard?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Power.
(d) Amnesty.

4. How does Abelard define poverty?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Wealth in divine possessions.
(c) Lack of property.
(d) Refusal to own property.

5. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?
(a) Heloise's father.
(b) Heloise and the nuns.
(c) The men who castrated him.
(d) Only Heloise.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?

3. Which role is not mentioned by Abelard when he describes the roles necessary to run a convent?

4. Why did Abelard's teacher come to dislike him?

5. What does Abelard say was honored by St. Paul and St. Jerome?

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