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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 Heloise say will prevent her from praying for Abelard?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Distress.
(c) Irreligious sentiments.
(d) Lust.

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

3. In what way did Abelard establish his reputation and earn a following?
(a) Studying with Anselm of Laon.
(b) Debating scripture.
(c) Fighting with William of Champeaux.
(d) Debating philosophy.

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

5. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?
(a) His outrage.
(b) His suffering.
(c) His devotion to God.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

5. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stance does Abelard take in Letter 5?

2. Where does Abelard say his sufferings came from?

3. What does Abelard say about the Cumean Sibyl?

4. What does Heloise say are her feelings toward God?

5. What reason does Abelard give for writing to Heloise again in Letter 5?

6. Describe Abelard's relationship with William of Champeaux.

7. What is Heloise's response to Peter the Venerable?

8. What steps does the author of Letter 9 describe Abelard having taken?

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

10. How does Abelard say errors must be corrected?

(see the answer keys)

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