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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) Owing her a great debt.
(b) Avoiding contact with her.
(c) Disappointing her.
(d) Feeling freed of her.

2. What does Heloise remind Abelard of?
(a) How he resisted her requests to marry.
(b) How she resisted his requests to marry.
(c) How she resisted his advances.
(d) How he was brave in the face of her father's disapproval.

3. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?
(a) Never to forget.
(b) To forget him.
(c) Freedom from pain.
(d) Faith to see her through.

4. What was Abelard and Heloise's son named?
(a) Norman.
(b) Christian.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Astralabe.

5. How does Heloise describe her and Abelard's story?
(a) Sad and moving.
(b) Moral and instructive.
(c) Appalling and outrageous.
(d) Tragic and unbearable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?

3. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?

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

5. What did Abelard feel about his castration?

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