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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 provision does Heloise ask Abelard to include in what he makes for her?
(a) Exceptions for the old, young, and weak.
(b) Exclusions for nuns who do not follow the rules.
(c) Rewards for nuns who are the most devout.
(d) Special standards for the more devout nuns.

2. What does Heloise say about herself?
(a) That she is the most miserable of women.
(b) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(c) That she is a hypocrite.
(d) That she is chaste.

3. Where does God look for virtue, according to Heloise?
(a) The mind.
(b) A person's acts.
(c) The conscience.
(d) The heart.

4. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard NOT to do?
(a) Pray for her.
(b) Remember her.
(c) Write to her.
(d) Praise her.

5. What did the sender of Letter 9 ask from his correspondent?
(a) Stop persecuting Abelard.
(b) Let Abelard live in Cluny.
(c) Compensate Abelard for his sufferings.
(d) Punish Abelard's persecutors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abelard say women acted in the early church?

2. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to stop in the future?

3. What should nuns primarily think about, according to Abelard?

4. What was the sender of Letter 9 trying to offer Abelard?

5. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?

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