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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 6, Heloise to Abelard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What provision does Heloise ask Abelard to include in what he makes for her?
(a) Exceptions for the old, young, and weak.
(b) Rewards for nuns who are the most devout.
(c) Special standards for the more devout nuns.
(d) Exclusions for nuns who do not follow the rules.

2. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Delight.
(c) Relief.
(d) Misery.

3. What does Heloise say will prevent her from praying for Abelard?
(a) Distress.
(b) Lust.
(c) Irreligious sentiments.
(d) Doubt.

4. Who else does Heloise say was affected by Abelard's letter?
(a) Her father.
(b) God.
(c) The nuns.
(d) His abbot.

5. What does Heloise say men say about her?
(a) That she is the most fortunate of women.
(b) That she is a hypocrite.
(c) That she is the most miserable of women.
(d) That she is chaste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise say was her and Abelard's sin?

2. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?

3. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

4. What does Heloise say makes it impossible to endure Abelard's absence?

5. Whom does Abelard want to pray for him?

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