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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. Who does Heloise say commanded her to be a nun?
(a) Abelard.
(b) Her abbot.
(c) Her father.
(d) God.

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

3. What does Abelard say he wants as an outcome of others' prayers?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Justice.
(d) To survive.

4. Who does Abelard describe as an example of what he is talking about?
(a) An Ethiopian woman.
(b) A Chinese woman.
(c) An Italian woman.
(d) A German woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Heloise pretend in her first letter to Abelard?

2. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?

3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard to do?

4. In what way does Heloise say Abelard disregarded custom?

5. For what does Abelard ask Heloise to pray?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author of Letter 9 say Abelard retreated to Cluny?

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

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

4. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?

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

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

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

8. In Letter 2, what does Heloise say her motive for writing was?

9. What does Peter the Venerable send to Heloise in the final letter?

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

(see the answer keys)

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