This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 10, Peter the Venerable to Heloise, Letter 11, Heloise, Letter to Peter the Venerable, Letter 12, Peter the Venerable, Letter to Heloise, The Absolution for Peter Abelard, Two Hymns.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Abelard offer for his action?
(a) He thought she could not love him now.
(b) He did not want to make her suffer.
(c) He thought their time together was over.
(d) He wanted to put the past behind him.

2. Why did Abelard's teacher come to dislike him?
(a) Because Abelard set out to disprove him.
(b) Because Abelard had an affair with a serving girl.
(c) Because Abelard was heavily in debt to him.
(d) Because Abelard was arrogant and disruptive.

3. What should Abelard do in order to emulate the standard she sets for him?
(a) Be sensitive to her weakness.
(b) Listen to the details of her feelings.
(c) Ask her to recount her sufferings.
(d) Hold her to a standard above herself.

4. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?
(a) William of Champeaux offered him his chair at the university.
(b) William of Champeaux's reputation was in decline.
(c) William of Champeaux invited him back.
(d) Anselm of Canterbury offered him his chair in the university.

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