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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heloise say are her feelings toward God?
(a) Indignation.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Irritation.

2. How does Heloise describe herself to Abelard?
(a) The most hypocritical woman.
(b) The luckiest of women.
(c) The most wretched of women.
(d) The most irreligious woman.

3. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?
(a) Duty.
(b) Abelard alone.
(c) Self-renunciation.
(d) God alone.

4. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?
(a) As an inferior.
(b) As a superior.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As a lover.

5. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?
(a) By saying that she saw a letter he had written to a friend.
(b) By saying that she saw a letter the abbot was going to send to Abelard.
(c) By saying that she saw a letter her father was going to send to his henchmen.
(d) By saying that she saw a letter her father had written to the abbot.

6. What was Abelard's father's plan for Abelard?
(a) Trades.
(b) Learning.
(c) Art.
(d) Government work.

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

8. What was the status of Abelard's father?
(a) Professor.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Knight.

9. What does Abelard say he will do to Heloise in Letter 5?
(a) Disappoint her.
(b) Pray for her.
(c) Enlighten her.
(d) Encourage her.

10. Where was Abelard born?
(a) Paris.
(b) Le Pallet.
(c) Nantes.
(d) Nancy.

11. What does Heloise tell Abelard she will do for him?
(a) Find him at his monastery.
(b) Whatever he asks.
(c) Repay him in love for what he has lost.
(d) Repay her father's men for what they did.

12. In what way does Heloise say Abelard disregarded custom?
(a) By asking her to intervene in his salvation.
(b) By writing to her at the convent.
(c) By writing with only grief and worry.
(d) By failing to describe her as his wife.

13. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?
(a) His despair at his condition.
(b) His absence from Heloise.
(c) His physical pain.
(d) His nostalgia for their lovemaking.

14. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?
(a) To hide her pregnancy.
(b) To let her recover from illness.
(c) To avoid the disgrace of a hasty marriage.
(d) To sequester her away from suitors.

15. In Letter 4, for what does Heloise say she is grateful?
(a) That she still has her eyes to see the world.
(b) That Abelard is still alive to be her companion.
(c) That she is still there to comfort him.
(d) That the tempter did not get her to do wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise doubt about Abelard?

2. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?

3. What was Abelard and Heloise's son named?

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

5. What does Heloise say men say about her?

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