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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 is it that ultimately pleases God, according to Heloise?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Acts.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Virtue.

2. Where does Heloise find justification for what she asks Abelard in Letter 6?
(a) Scripture.
(b) The Rule of the Saints.
(c) Papal dispensations.
(d) Convent practice.

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

4. What does Heloise say in Letter 6 that she cannot make herself do?
(a) Seek God.
(b) Pray.
(c) Obey Abelard.
(d) Beg for forgiveness.

5. What was the thing based on that Heloise asked Abelard to give her?
(a) The story of Mary Magdalene.
(b) The freedom she enjoyed before becoming a nun.
(c) The rule of St. Benedict.
(d) The devout acts of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?

2. What does Abelard make sure to say was NOT the case for his action?

3. What does Abelard say he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?

4. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?

5. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

(see the answer key)

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