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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 7, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Abelard's teacher come to dislike him?
(a) Because Abelard was heavily in debt to him.
(b) Because Abelard had an affair with a serving girl.
(c) Because Abelard was arrogant and disruptive.
(d) Because Abelard set out to disprove him.

2. To what does Abelard respond at first in Letter 7?
(a) Heloise's request for leniency.
(b) Heloise's request for patience.
(c) Heloise's demand for information.
(d) Heloise's initial quotes about nuns' practices.

3. Whom does Abelard say Jesus honored?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Widows.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Serving women.

4. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?
(a) A friend.
(b) Heloise.
(c) Heloise's father.
(d) His father.

5. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?
(a) To avoid the disgrace of a hasty marriage.
(b) To let her recover from illness.
(c) To sequester her away from suitors.
(d) To hide her pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?

2. What does Heloise say men say about her?

3. What does Heloise say is Abelard's relation with her now?

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

5. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

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