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

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

3. What does Heloise say is Abelard's relation with her now?
(a) He has to redeem her.
(b) She has to redeem him.
(c) He owes her an enormous debt.
(d) She owes him an enormous debt.

4. What does Abelard say has increased in him recently?
(a) Lust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Devotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

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

3. In what way does Heloise pretend in her first letter to Abelard?

4. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?

5. What is the relationship between the first letter and the others?

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