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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. Where does Heloise find justification for what she asks Abelard in Letter 6?
(a) Convent practice.
(b) Papal dispensations.
(c) The Rule of the Saints.
(d) Scripture.

2. How does Abelard define poverty?
(a) Refusal to own property.
(b) Lack of property.
(c) Wealth in divine possessions.
(d) Wisdom.

3. Where did Abelard study?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nantes.

4. How did the practice of nunnery change in the early church?
(a) It expanded.
(b) It contracted.
(c) It almost went extinct.
(d) It ceased.

5. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?
(a) Paris.
(b) St. Denis.
(c) Argenteuil.
(d) Paraclete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard admit to in Letter 3?

2. What does Abelard say he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?

3. In Letter 8, what does Abelard say women tend to stray toward?

4. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?

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

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