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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 3, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?
(a) His absence from Heloise.
(b) His physical pain.
(c) His despair at his condition.
(d) His nostalgia for their lovemaking.

2. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?
(a) When she will see him again.
(b) What he has done about rescuing her from the convent.
(c) Why she has not heard from him.
(d) How he is doing.

3. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?
(a) Heloise's father.
(b) Heloise.
(c) A friend.
(d) His father.

4. What did Abelard feel about his castration?
(a) It was an outrage against his humanity.
(b) It destroyed him.
(c) It was a reprisal for the evil he'd done.
(d) It was Fulbert's right.

5. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?
(a) The salvation of his soul.
(b) The arrogance of their actions.
(c) Making things right with her father.
(d) The salvation of her soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

2. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?

3. What was the status of Abelard's father?

4. What is the relationship between the first letter and the others?

5. What was Abelard's father's plan for Abelard?

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