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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. Where does Heloise find justification for what she asks Abelard in Letter 6?
(a) Convent practice.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Papal dispensations.
(d) The Rule of the Saints.

2. Why aren't outward manifestations reliable in indicating devotion, according to Heloise?
(a) People can learn them from each other.
(b) They can be feigned.
(c) They are not reliable.
(d) They vary from person to person.

3. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to accept?
(a) Her father's forgiveness.
(b) His forgiveness.
(c) God's will.
(d) Her father's permission to return home.

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

5. What does Abelard say Heloise became when she became his wife?
(a) His superior.
(b) His inferior.
(c) His student.
(d) His teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is weakness taken into account, according to Heloise?

2. What does Abelard remind Heloise he did when she was pregnant?

3. Who else does Heloise say was affected by Abelard's letter?

4. Where does God look for virtue, according to Heloise?

5. How does Heloise say that the thing that pleases God is manifested?

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