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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. In what way did Abelard establish his reputation and earn a following?
(a) Debating scripture.
(b) Studying with Anselm of Laon.
(c) Debating philosophy.
(d) Fighting with William of Champeaux.

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

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?
(a) What he owes her.
(b) What she can do for him.
(c) Whether they ought to see each other again.
(d) What her father can do for them.

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

5. What is the relationship between the first letter and the others?
(a) It sets the stage.
(b) It comments on the action that already unfolded in the remaining letters.
(c) It predicts what will come.
(d) It summarizes the action of the remaining letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?

2. What did Abelard do with his inheritance?

3. What does Heloise say Abelard should not have done for her sake?

4. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?

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

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