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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. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) How he is doing.
(b) Why she has not heard from him.
(c) When she will see him again.
(d) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.

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

3. Who were monks and nuns imitating, according to Abelard?
(a) The oldest gods.
(b) The pope.
(c) The sun and moon.
(d) Christ.

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

5. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?
(a) Relief.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Misery.
(d) Delight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is weakness taken into account, according to Heloise?

2. Why did Peter the Venerable send Abelard away?

3. How had Abelard handled the sender of Letter 9's recommendation?

4. What is the tone of the first part of Letter 9?

5. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

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