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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Abelard say errors should be corrected?
(a) Compassionately.
(b) Leniently.
(c) Reciprocally.
(d) Vigorously.

2. What step did the sender recommend Abelard to take to change his position?
(a) Surrender himself.
(b) Remove offensive language from his writing.
(c) Recant his writing.
(d) Stop writing.

3. What does Heloise say about her burden?
(a) She says the only way to bear the burden is together with him.
(b) She says that the burden is more than she can bear.
(c) She says the burden is a joy to bear.
(d) She says burdens can be too heavy.

4. For what did Heloise ask Peter the Venerable in her response?
(a) A letter to the pope on Abelard's behalf.
(b) A record of Abelard's last days.
(c) A certificate of Abelard's death.
(d) A sealed document containing Abelard's absolution.

5. What request of Heloise's does Abelard fail to fulfill in Letter 7?
(a) Her request for a reason to keep suffering.
(b) Her request for a history of his experience.
(c) Her request for an end to his sufferings.
(d) Her request for a rule.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Abelard go after the exchange he had with the sender of Letter 9?

2. Where does God look for virtue, according to Heloise?

3. For what does Abelard ask Heloise at the end of Letter 7?

4. What does Abelard say in Letter 7 about the virtue of women?

5. Which is not a part of the Rule Abelard describes to Heloise in Letter 8?

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