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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard rely on in providing a rule for the lives of the nuns at Paraclete?
(a) Ancient practices.
(b) Different religions' monastic practices.
(c) Scripture.
(d) His monastery's practices.

2. Where did Abelard go after the exchange he had with the sender of Letter 9?
(a) Continue his travels.
(b) Return to his monastery.
(c) To see Heloise.
(d) Retreat to Cluny.

3. What does Letter 7 describe to Heloise?
(a) Reasons why women should not receive lighter burdens.
(b) Reasons why women should receive lighter burdens.
(c) Examples of women who bore more than men could bear.
(d) Examples of women favored by the church.

4. Who were monks and nuns imitating, according to Abelard?
(a) The pope.
(b) The sun and moon.
(c) Christ.
(d) The oldest gods.

5. What does Abelard say he is correcting with the life of silence?
(a) Excess of words.
(b) Excess of sin.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Dependency on the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Letter 6, what does Heloise ask Abelard to do for her?

2. What does Abelard say life becomes in poverty?

3. Which role is not mentioned by Abelard when he describes the roles necessary to run a convent?

4. How would you describe Abelard's method of arranging Letter 7?

5. Why did the sender of Letter 9 think that the action Abelard took was appropriate?

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