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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard say motivated him to tell Heloise the things that filled her with despair?
(a) Desire to share in suffering out of love.
(b) Desire for God's forgiveness.
(c) Desire to fill her soul with awe and desire for repentance.
(d) Desire to educate her about man's wicked ways.

2. What explanation does Abelard offer for his trials?
(a) His sins.
(b) Cruel fate.
(c) Original sin.
(d) Malicious men.

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

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

5. What does Abelard say Heloise deserves?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Tribute.
(c) Honor.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Abelard establish his reputation and earn a following?

2. What does Abelard make sure to say was NOT the case for his action?

3. What does Abelard say Heloise became when she became his wife?

4. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

5. What does Abelard say in Letter 5 that he hopes to avoid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Letter 7 organized?

2. Who are the correspondents in Letter 9?

3. What intercession does the author of Letter 9 want to make?

4. How does Abelard say errors must be corrected?

5. What does Abelard say he wants Heloise to do in case of his death?

6. Where did Abelard go after he went to St. Denis?

7. What does Heloise say about virtue?

8. What does Heloise say about the men who call her chaste?

9. What does Heloise say she did on Abelard's sake?

10. What happened after Abelard asked for a public transfer to the abbey from which he wrote the current letter?

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