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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 9, Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities must distinguish an Abbess, in Abelard's opinion?
(a) Management experience.
(b) Learning and teaching.
(c) Lifelong chastity.
(d) Broad life experience.

2. What is it that ultimately pleases God, according to Heloise?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Acts.
(d) Prayer.

3. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?
(a) An absolute rule for burdens.
(b) A case-by-case standard for burdens.
(c) Rules that respect gender differences.
(d) Contextual application of burdens.

4. What does Heloise say about her burden?
(a) She says burdens can be too heavy.
(b) She says that the burden is more than she can bear.
(c) She says the only way to bear the burden is together with him.
(d) She says the burden is a joy to bear.

5. What does Abelard say is a danger to Heloise's body?
(a) Her bitterness.
(b) Her despair.
(c) Her devotion.
(d) Her lust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

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

3. What does the sender of Letter 9 say about Abelard?

4. What does Heloise say, in Letter 4, she cannot find?

5. How does Heloise say that the thing that pleases God is manifested?

(see the answer key)

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