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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 he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?
(a) Being killed.
(b) Going to hell.
(c) Being harmed further.
(d) Being exiled.

2. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?
(a) Freedom from pain.
(b) Never to forget.
(c) Faith to see her through.
(d) To forget him.

3. What does Heloise say men say about her?
(a) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(b) That she is a hypocrite.
(c) That she is chaste.
(d) That she is the most miserable of women.

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

5. What does Heloise say are her feelings toward God?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Indignation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

3. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

4. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?

5. What does Abelard say was the consequence of his lust for Heloise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Heloise ask at the end of Letter 6?

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

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

4. What does Abelard beg Heloise for in Letter 3?

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

6. How does Heloise surprise Abelard in Letter 4, and what does he do in response in Letter 5?

7. Describe the conditions of Abelard's death.

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

9. Describe Abelard's arguments in favor of an abbess in charge of the convent.

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

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