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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 4, Heloise to Abelard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heloise say, in Letter 4, she cannot find?
(a) Obedience.
(b) Patience.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Penitence.

2. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?
(a) Ordinary experience.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) His letter.

3. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?
(a) Heloise and the nuns.
(b) Only Heloise.
(c) The men who castrated him.
(d) Heloise's father.

4. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?
(a) Paraclete.
(b) St. Denis.
(c) Paris.
(d) Argenteuil.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?

4. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?

5. In what way does Heloise say Abelard disregarded custom?

(see the answer key)

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