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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard admit to in Letter 3?
(a) Avoiding contact with her.
(b) Feeling freed of her.
(c) Disappointing her.
(d) Owing her a great debt.

2. What are Heloise's feelings at losing Abelard?
(a) Mixed relief and sadness.
(b) Great sorrow.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Outrage and despair.

3. 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 her father was going to send to his henchmen.
(c) By saying that she saw a letter her father had written to the abbot.
(d) By saying that she saw a letter the abbot was going to send to Abelard.

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

5. Who does Abelard describe as an example of what he is talking about?
(a) An Ethiopian woman.
(b) A German woman.
(c) An Italian woman.
(d) A Chinese woman.

6. What was Abelard and Heloise's son named?
(a) Norman.
(b) Astralabe.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Christian.

7. What does Heloise say was her and Abelard's sin?
(a) Sacrilege.
(b) Disobedience.
(c) Fornication.
(d) Apostasy.

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

9. What condition did Abelard impose on his marriage with Heloise?
(a) That it take place immediately.
(b) That it not take place for two years.
(c) That it take place in secret.
(d) That it be a large celebration.

10. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?
(a) Making things right with her father.
(b) The salvation of her soul.
(c) The arrogance of their actions.
(d) The salvation of his soul.

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

12. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard NOT to do?
(a) Praise her.
(b) Remember her.
(c) Write to her.
(d) Pray for her.

13. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?
(a) Anselm of Laon.
(b) William of Champeaux.
(c) Anselm of Canterbury.
(d) Fulbert.

14. What does Heloise say Abelard should not have done for her sake?
(a) Taken up scriptural studies.
(b) Sent her away.
(c) Left philosophy.
(d) Married her.

15. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?
(a) What he owes her.
(b) Whether they ought to see each other again.
(c) What her father can do for them.
(d) What she can do for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?

2. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?

3. What does Heloise say men say about her?

4. How does Heloise describe her and Abelard's story?

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

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