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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What should nuns primarily think about, according to Abelard?
(a) The history of God and the church.
(b) The nature of God.
(c) God's relationship to man.
(d) The inner life.

5. To what does Abelard respond at first in Letter 7?
(a) Heloise's request for leniency.
(b) Heloise's request for patience.
(c) Heloise's demand for information.
(d) Heloise's initial quotes about nuns' practices.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Peter the Venerable?

3. What request of Heloise's does Abelard fail to fulfill in Letter 7?

4. What is continence, as mentioned in Letter 8?

5. What was the thing based on that Heloise asked Abelard to give her?

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