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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard say he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?
(a) Being harmed further.
(b) Going to hell.
(c) Being exiled.
(d) Being killed.

2. Where did Abelard study?
(a) Nantes.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Berlin.

3. How does Heloise describe her and Abelard's story?
(a) Tragic and unbearable.
(b) Moral and instructive.
(c) Sad and moving.
(d) Appalling and outrageous.

4. In what way does Heloise pretend in her first letter to Abelard?
(a) She pretends not to make a demand.
(b) She pretends to be optimistic about seeing Abelard again.
(c) She pretends to be miserable over Abelard's plight.
(d) She pretends to be happy where she is.

5. What does Abelard ask Heloise to consider?
(a) The power of virtuous men.
(b) The inevitability of suffering.
(c) The power of prayer.
(d) The inevitability of justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

2. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to stop in the future?

3. What did Abelard do with his inheritance?

4. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

5. Why does Abelard say that Heloise deserves praise?

(see the answer key)

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