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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. Who does Heloise say commanded her to be a nun?
(a) Her father.
(b) Abelard.
(c) Her abbot.
(d) God.

2. What does Abelard remind Heloise he did when she was pregnant?
(a) Send her away for her confinement.
(b) Marry in secret.
(c) Disguise her as a nun.
(d) Hide her from her parents.

3. What should Abelard do in order to emulate the standard she sets for him?
(a) Be sensitive to her weakness.
(b) Listen to the details of her feelings.
(c) Ask her to recount her sufferings.
(d) Hold her to a standard above herself.

4. What does Heloise say in Letter 6 that she cannot make herself do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Beg for forgiveness.
(c) Seek God.
(d) Obey Abelard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise say about herself?

2. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

3. What occasions Heloise's feelings about God?

4. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?

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

(see the answer key)

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