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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. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to accept?
(a) Her father's forgiveness.
(b) His forgiveness.
(c) Her father's permission to return home.
(d) God's will.

2. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) Why she has not heard from him.
(b) When she will see him again.
(c) How he is doing.
(d) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.

3. What does Heloise say about herself?
(a) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(b) That she is the most miserable of women.
(c) That she is chaste.
(d) That she is a hypocrite.

4. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?
(a) Consolation eased.
(b) The basis of love.
(c) Consolation doubled.
(d) All the consolation there is.

5. What is it that ultimately pleases God, according to Heloise?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Acts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Heloise describe herself to Abelard?

3. Who does Heloise say in Letter 6 Abelard should imitate?

4. What aspects of his personality does Abelard attribute to his native region?

5. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

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