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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 3, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?
(a) His love.
(b) His outrage.
(c) His devotion to God.
(d) His suffering.

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

3. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?
(a) Paris.
(b) St. Denis.
(c) Argenteuil.
(d) Paraclete.

4. What were the contents of the letter Heloise saw?
(a) Heloise's mother asking her husband to be lenient on Abelard.
(b) Heloise's father asking the authorities to punish Abelard.
(c) Heloise's father asking his men to take revenge.
(d) Abelard lamenting his and Heloise's plight.

5. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?
(a) Ordinary experience.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) His letter.
(d) Scripture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard admit to in Letter 3?

2. What explanation does Abelard offer for his action?

3. What did William of Champeaux do at the beginning of Abelard's career?

4. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?

5. What was Abelard and Heloise's son named?

(see the answer key)

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