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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 does Heloise say she admires?
(a) The things Abelard sacrificed to be with her.
(b) The debt Abelard took upon himself.
(c) The honesty with which Abelard followed philosophy.
(d) The courage Abelard showed by fighting for her.

2. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?
(a) Freedom from pain.
(b) Faith to see her through.
(c) Never to forget.
(d) To forget him.

3. What did Abelard do with his inheritance?
(a) Gave it to his brother's eldest son.
(b) Gave it to his mother.
(c) Managed it together with his brothers.
(d) Gave it to the church.

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

5. What did William of Champeaux do at the beginning of Abelard's career?
(a) Encourage him.
(b) Furnish him with letters of recommendation.
(c) Try to stop him.
(d) Loan him start-up money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abelard admit to in Letter 3?

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

4. What does Abelard say he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?

5. What explanation does Abelard offer for his trials?

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