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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. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?
(a) As a superior.
(b) As a teacher.
(c) As a lover.
(d) As an inferior.

2. What does Heloise ask Abelard in Letter 6?
(a) To describe the reasons for her to go on being a nun.
(b) To forgive her.
(c) To tell her how the order of nuns began.
(d) To tell her how nuns should conduct themselves.

3. What does Abelard say Heloise became when she became his wife?
(a) His inferior.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His student.
(d) His superior.

4. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?
(a) By saying that she saw a letter he had written to a friend.
(b) By saying that she saw a letter her father was going to send to his henchmen.
(c) By saying that she saw a letter the abbot was going to send to Abelard.
(d) By saying that she saw a letter her father had written to the abbot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What provision does Heloise ask Abelard to include in what he makes for her?

2. Why does Abelard say he filled Heloise with despair in his letter?

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?

4. What does Abelard say he will do to Heloise in Letter 5?

5. What does Abelard say motivated him to tell Heloise the things that filled her with despair?

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