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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 Abelard say he writes to Heloise?
(a) As an inferior.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a superior.
(d) As a lover.

2. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard NOT to do?
(a) Write to her.
(b) Remember her.
(c) Pray for her.
(d) Praise her.

3. What does Heloise say about her burden?
(a) She says burdens can be too heavy.
(b) She says the burden is a joy to bear.
(c) She says the only way to bear the burden is together with him.
(d) She says that the burden is more than she can bear.

4. What does Heloise tell Abelard she will do for him?
(a) Find him at his monastery.
(b) Whatever he asks.
(c) Repay her father's men for what they did.
(d) Repay him in love for what he has lost.

5. Where is weakness taken into account, according to Heloise?
(a) The Kabala.
(b) Convent conventions.
(c) Canon law.
(d) The Old Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard say Heloise deserves?

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

3. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?

4. How does Abelard answer Heloise's second letter in Letter 5?

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

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