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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not a part of the Rule Abelard describes to Heloise in Letter 8?
(a) The life of poverty.
(b) The life of continence.
(c) The life of silence.
(d) The life of prayer.

2. What else does Peter the Venerable say he is impressed by?
(a) Heloise's recommendations to the church bureaucracy.
(b) Heloise's improvements in the monastic system.
(c) Heloise's generosity to the convent.
(d) Heloise's graceful handling of her difficulties.

3. What else did Abelard do right before he died?
(a) Compose hymns.
(b) Confess his sins.
(c) Receive absolution.
(d) Write out his last will.

4. What was Heloise's response to Peter the Venerable's letter?
(a) Envy.
(b) Shame.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Pride.

5. Who does Heloise say in Letter 6 Abelard should imitate?
(a) Her.
(b) The abbot.
(c) The pope.
(d) Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom was Abelard seeking refuge?

2. How many nuns are needed to run a convent, according to Abelard?

3. What does Peter the Venerable wish for in his letter to Heloise?

4. To what does Abelard compare a monastery when he says that someone has to be in charge?

5. Who was Peter the Venerable?

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