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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Letter 5, what does Abelard ask Heloise to stop in the future?
2. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?
3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise beg Abelard to do?
4. What does Abelard say he wants as an outcome of others' prayers?
5. Who else does Heloise say was affected by Abelard's letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are the correspondents in Letter 9?
2. How does Heloise close Letter 2 to Abelard?
3. What does Heloise say about virtue?
4. How does Abelard say errors must be corrected?
5. What does Abelard ask Heloise and her nuns to do?
6. What does Abelard say is the purpose of monastic life?
7. Why does the author of Letter 9 say Abelard retreated to Cluny?
8. Who was Anselm of Laon and how did he figure in Abelard's career?
9. Where does Abelard say his sufferings came from?
10. What does Abelard ask Heloise to stop doing in the future?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Research the history of the letters of Abelard and Heloise. By what mechanisms were they transmitted to posterity? Who made sure that these letters survived? Were they ever in danger of being lost? What value do written texts have to Abelard and Heloise and their culture? What makes the written absolution important? What provision is made for the preservation of textual culture?
Essay Topic 2
What is the effect of the letters between Abelard and Heloise? Describe the consequences of their correspondence, in terms of their own lives, and in terms of the lives of the monks and nuns they knew, and in terms of the monastic order.
Essay Topic 3
How would Abelard and Heloise answer Nietzsche's claim that Christian morality is slave morality that celebrates the weakness of the followers as against the master morality that celebrates the strength of the masters?
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