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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 8, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abelard say errors should be corrected?
(a) Compassionately.
(b) Reciprocally.
(c) Vigorously.
(d) Leniently.

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

3. What qualities must distinguish an Abbess, in Abelard's opinion?
(a) Learning and teaching.
(b) Management experience.
(c) Lifelong chastity.
(d) Broad life experience.

4. What does Heloise remind Abelard of?
(a) How he resisted her requests to marry.
(b) How she resisted his advances.
(c) How she resisted his requests to marry.
(d) How he was brave in the face of her father's disapproval.

5. What does Abelard ask Heloise to do if he is killed?
(a) Bless him.
(b) Embalm him.
(c) Cremate him.
(d) Bury him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?

2. What does Abelard say in Letter 7 about the virtue of women?

3. What is continence, as mentioned in Letter 8?

4. What should nuns primarily think about, according to Abelard?

5. Who does Abelard describe as an example of what he is talking about?

(see the answer key)

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