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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?
(a) Heloise.
(b) His father.
(c) A friend.
(d) Heloise's father.

2. What does Abelard say he wants as an outcome of others' prayers?
(a) Understanding.
(b) To survive.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Justice.

3. What does Abelard say in Letter 5 that he hopes to avoid?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Begging for mercy.
(c) Further punishment.
(d) Forgiveness.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?
(a) A letter.
(b) Money.
(c) An apology.
(d) Rescue.

9. What aspects of his personality does Abelard attribute to his native region?
(a) His volatile personality.
(b) His love of women.
(c) His devotion.
(d) His even temper.

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

11. What does Heloise say makes it impossible to endure Abelard's absence?
(a) Delight in the sinfulness of fornication.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Memory of the pleasure of lovemaking.
(d) Her knowledge of God's grace.

12. What does Abelard ask Heloise to consider?
(a) The power of prayer.
(b) The power of virtuous men.
(c) The inevitability of suffering.
(d) The inevitability of justice.

13. What does Heloise say men say about her?
(a) That she is a hypocrite.
(b) That she is the most miserable of women.
(c) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(d) That she is chaste.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?

2. What does Heloise say about herself?

3. Who else does Heloise say was affected by Abelard's letter?

4. What does Heloise say she admires?

5. In what way does Heloise pretend in her first letter to Abelard?

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