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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 8, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?
(a) His love.
(b) His suffering.
(c) His outrage.
(d) His devotion to God.

2. What does Abelard ask Heloise to do if he is killed?
(a) Embalm him.
(b) Bless him.
(c) Bury him.
(d) Cremate him.

3. 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.

4. How does Abelard say he writes to Heloise?
(a) As an inferior.
(b) As a lover.
(c) As a superior.
(d) As a teacher.

5. What should the practice of silence result in, according to Abelard?
(a) Concentrating the mind.
(b) Purifying the mind.
(c) Ascending to God.
(d) Emptying the mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Abelard describe as an example of what he is talking about?

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

3. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?

4. What does Abelard say is a danger to Heloise's body?

5. Why does Abelard say he filled Heloise with despair in his letter?

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