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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard say was honored by St. Paul and St. Jerome?
(a) Virginity
(b) Widowhood.
(c) Motherhood
(d) Prostitution.

2. For what did Heloise ask Peter the Venerable in her response?
(a) A letter to the pope on Abelard's behalf.
(b) A record of Abelard's last days.
(c) A certificate of Abelard's death.
(d) A sealed document containing Abelard's absolution.

3. What does Abelard rely on in providing a rule for the lives of the nuns at Paraclete?
(a) Ancient practices.
(b) Different religions' monastic practices.
(c) His monastery's practices.
(d) Scripture.

4. Who does Abelard cite as an example of someone devout in the church?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Judith.
(d) Mary, mother of Christ.

5. What does Heloise say about her burden?
(a) She says the burden is a joy to bear.
(b) She says burdens can be too heavy.
(c) She says the only way to bear the burden is together with him.
(d) She says that the burden is more than she can bear.

6. What does Peter the Venerable say about Abelard?
(a) He praises his work.
(b) He praises his writing.
(c) He praises his intellect.
(d) He praises his temperament.

7. What news about Abelard does the sender of Letter 9 relate?
(a) That he has proposed an order for nuns.
(b) That he is instituting progressive reforms.
(c) That he is becoming a popular leader.
(d) That he is accused of heresy.

8. When was letter 9 likely written?
(a) 1140.
(b) 1181.
(c) 1158.
(d) 1164.

9. Whom does Abelard say Jesus honored?
(a) Serving women.
(b) Virgins.
(c) Widows.
(d) Prostitutes.

10. What does Peter the Venerable say he is particularly impressed by?
(a) Heloise's graceful movements.
(b) Heloise's devotion to Abelard.
(c) Heloise's beauty.
(d) Heloise's learning.

11. Where does God look for virtue, according to Heloise?
(a) A person's acts.
(b) The heart.
(c) The conscience.
(d) The mind.

12. What does Abelard mean to indicate by the example of the Sibyl's prophecies?
(a) Honored women in antiquity.
(b) Women who implemented church doctrine.
(c) Women who paid a price for falling away from priesthood.
(d) Women honored among Gentiles.

13. What is it that ultimately pleases God, according to Heloise?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Acts.

14. What was the sender of Letter 9 trying to offer Abelard?
(a) Amnesty.
(b) Sanctuary.
(c) Power.
(d) Forgiveness.

15. What step did the sender recommend Abelard to take to change his position?
(a) Remove offensive language from his writing.
(b) Stop writing.
(c) Surrender himself.
(d) Recant his writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Abelard with Peter the Venerable?

2. How are things distributed in poverty, according to Abelard?

3. Why aren't outward manifestations reliable in indicating devotion, according to Heloise?

4. What is the logic behind Heloise's request to Abelard?

5. To what does Abelard compare a monastery when he says that someone has to be in charge?

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