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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 was Abelard's father's plan for Abelard?
(a) Government work.
(b) Trades.
(c) Learning.
(d) Art.

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

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) How he is doing.
(b) When she will see him again.
(c) Why she has not heard from him.
(d) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.

4. What does Heloise say Abelard should not have done for her sake?
(a) Taken up scriptural studies.
(b) Sent her away.
(c) Married her.
(d) Left philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

3. What does Abelard say he wants as an outcome of others' prayers?

4. What did William of Champeaux do at the beginning of Abelard's career?

5. What explanation does Abelard offer for his action?

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