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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 was the consequence of his lust for Heloise?
(a) He lost his reverence for God.
(b) He forgot his duties as a teacher.
(c) He betrayed her father's trust.
(d) He defiled her soul.

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

3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard NOT to do?
(a) Remember her.
(b) Write to her.
(c) Praise her.
(d) Pray for her.

4. What are Heloise's feelings at losing Abelard?
(a) Mixed relief and sadness.
(b) Outrage and despair.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Great sorrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?

2. What does Heloise say makes it impossible to endure Abelard's absence?

3. What was Abelard's father's plan for Abelard?

4. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to accept?

5. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stance does Abelard take in Letter 5?

2. What occasioned Heloise's letter to Abelard?

3. What does Heloise say about her burdens in Letter 6?

4. In Letter 7, what examples of women in the church does Abelard use from antiquity?

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

6. What caused the author of Letter 9to write the letter?

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

8. What promise does Peter the Venerable make to Heloise in his last letter?

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

10. What is Abelard's advice with regard to scripture?

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