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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. How does Heloise describe herself to Abelard?
(a) The most irreligious woman.
(b) The most hypocritical woman.
(c) The most wretched of women.
(d) The luckiest of women.

2. What does Abelard say in Letter 5 that he hopes to avoid?
(a) Further punishment.
(b) Begging for mercy.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Devotion.

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

4. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?
(a) A case-by-case standard for burdens.
(b) An absolute rule for burdens.
(c) Rules that respect gender differences.
(d) Contextual application of burdens.

5. What occasions Heloise's feelings about God?
(a) His punishing them after they atoned for their sin
(b) His allowing them to be blind to virtue.
(c) His patience with them in their blindness.
(d) His letting them sin in the first place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation does Abelard offer for his action?

2. What does Abelard ask Heloise to do if he is killed?

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

4. In Letter 4, for what does Heloise say she is grateful?

5. What does Heloise remind Abelard of?

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