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

2. How does God view virtue in pagans, according to Abelard in Letter 7?
(a) He is hostile to it.
(b) He sees but does not reward it.
(c) He honors it.
(d) He does not recognize it.

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

4. What contrast does Abelard describe between early practice and current practice?
(a) Martyrs and bureaucrats.
(b) Saints and serving women.
(c) Humble women celebrating Christ and current bishops strutting in robes.
(d) Serving women and saints.

5. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to stop in the future?
(a) Rebelling against fate.
(b) Writing him with her complaints.
(c) Doubting God's grace.
(d) Trying to see him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise say was her and Abelard's sin?

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

3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard NOT to do?

4. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?

5. What does Heloise say about herself?

(see the answer key)

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