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

2. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?
(a) As a superior.
(b) As an inferior.
(c) As a teacher.
(d) As a lover.

3. What does Heloise say she feels in Abelard's absence?
(a) Uncomfortable.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Content.
(d) Hopeless.

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

5. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard to do?
(a) Tell her about his situation in detail.
(b) Spare her further grief.
(c) Come to see her.
(d) Rescue her from the convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

2. What does Abelard say he will do to Heloise in Letter 5?

3. Why does Abelard say that Heloise deserves praise?

4. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?

5. What did Abelard feel about his castration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conditions of Abelard's death.

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

3. List a few examples Abelard uses of women serving Christianity.

4. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?

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

6. Who was Anselm of Laon and how did he figure in Abelard's career?

7. What does Abelard remind Heloise of in Letter 5?

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

9. What is the real purpose of Peter the Venerable's letter in Letter 10?

10. What steps does the author of Letter 9 describe Abelard having taken?

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