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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. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Delight.
(c) Relief.
(d) Misery.

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

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

4. How, in Letter 5, does Abelard say Heloise should see him now?
(a) As her saint.
(b) As her deliverer.
(c) As her partner in guilt and grace.
(d) As her enemy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Abelard ask Heloise to pray?

2. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?

3. What does Abelard say has increased in him recently?

4. What sin does Abelard remind Heloise of?

5. In Letter 5, what does Abelard say he is surprised by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Abelard ask Heloise and her nuns to do?

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 beg Heloise for in Letter 3?

6. How does Abelard end Letter 7?

7. What does Abelard say about the Cumean Sibyl?

8. What sources does Abelard use in prescribing his rule to Heloise in Letter 8?

9. In Letter 4, why does Heloise say she is disappointed with Abelard's response?

10. What does Heloise say about virtue?

(see the answer keys)

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