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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 ask Abelard to think about?
(a) Whether they ought to see each other again.
(b) What her father can do for them.
(c) What he owes her.
(d) What she can do for him.

2. What does Abelard say has increased in him recently?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Lust.
(d) Fear.

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) How he is doing.
(b) When she will see him again.
(c) Why she has not heard from him.
(d) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.

4. What does Abelard say is a danger to Heloise's body?
(a) Her devotion.
(b) Her despair.
(c) Her bitterness.
(d) Her lust.

5. What condition did Abelard impose on his marriage with Heloise?
(a) That it take place in secret.
(b) That it not take place for two years.
(c) That it be a large celebration.
(d) That it take place immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heloise describe Abelard's situation?

2. What sin does Abelard remind Heloise of?

3. How, in Letter 5, does Abelard say Heloise should see him now?

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

5. What aspects of his personality does Abelard attribute to his native region?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Heloise say about answering Abelard's requests of her?

2. How is Letter 7 organized?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Abelard say he was avoiding contact with Heloise?

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

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

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

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