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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. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?
(a) Justice.
(b) His glory.
(c) His due.
(d) Revenge.

2. 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 set out to disprove him.
(d) Because Abelard was arrogant and disruptive.

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

4. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?
(a) Ordinary experience.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) His letter.

5. What should nuns primarily think about, according to Abelard?
(a) The history of God and the church.
(b) God's relationship to man.
(c) The nature of God.
(d) The inner life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Abelard born?

2. How does Abelard answer Heloise's second letter in Letter 5?

3. How did the practice of nunnery change in the early church?

4. How does God view virtue in pagans, according to Abelard in Letter 7?

5. What does Abelard say is a danger to Heloise's body?

(see the answer key)

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