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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 admit to in Letter 3?
(a) Feeling freed of her.
(b) Avoiding contact with her.
(c) Disappointing her.
(d) Owing her a great debt.

2. Where did Abelard study?
(a) Paris.
(b) Nantes.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Berlin.

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

4. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?
(a) His glory.
(b) His due.
(c) Justice.
(d) Revenge.

5. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?
(a) Anselm of Laon.
(b) William of Champeaux.
(c) Anselm of Canterbury.
(d) Fulbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

2. Why did Abelard's teacher come to dislike him?

3. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?

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

5. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?

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