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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. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?
(a) All the consolation there is.
(b) Consolation doubled.
(c) The basis of love.
(d) Consolation eased.

2. What does Heloise say she admires?
(a) The debt Abelard took upon himself.
(b) The things Abelard sacrificed to be with her.
(c) The courage Abelard showed by fighting for her.
(d) The honesty with which Abelard followed philosophy.

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

4. To what does Abelard return in his third letter to Heloise?
(a) Asking for her forgiveness.
(b) Asking her to pray for him.
(c) Asking her for help.
(d) Asking for her whereabouts.

5. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) Why she has not heard from him.
(b) How he is doing.
(c) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.
(d) When she will see him again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?

2. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?

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

4. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?

5. What does Heloise say is Abelard's relation with her now?

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