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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 2, Heloise to Abelard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?
(a) William of Champeaux invited him back.
(b) William of Champeaux's reputation was in decline.
(c) William of Champeaux offered him his chair at the university.
(d) Anselm of Canterbury offered him his chair in the university.

2. What did Abelard feel about his castration?
(a) It was a reprisal for the evil he'd done.
(b) It was an outrage against his humanity.
(c) It was Fulbert's right.
(d) It destroyed him.

3. What were the contents of the letter Heloise saw?
(a) Heloise's mother asking her husband to be lenient on Abelard.
(b) Abelard lamenting his and Heloise's plight.
(c) Heloise's father asking the authorities to punish Abelard.
(d) Heloise's father asking his men to take revenge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?

2. What did Abelard do with his inheritance?

3. Where did Abelard study?

4. What was the status of Abelard's father?

5. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?

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