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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 9, Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?
(a) Paris.
(b) Argenteuil.
(c) Paraclete.
(d) St. Denis.

2. Where did Abelard study?
(a) Zurich.
(b) Nantes.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

3. What occasions Heloise's feelings about God?
(a) His punishing them after they atoned for their sin
(b) His letting them sin in the first place.
(c) His patience with them in their blindness.
(d) His allowing them to be blind to virtue.

4. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?
(a) He took her on as a private student in his home.
(b) He sent her anonymous letters.
(c) He lodged with her family.
(d) He stole her away from her parents.

5. Who received Letter 9?
(a) The Abbott of Cluny.
(b) Heloise.
(c) Abelard.
(d) The pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the thing based on that Heloise asked Abelard to give her?

2. What is continence, as mentioned in Letter 8?

3. How does God view virtue in pagans, according to Abelard in Letter 7?

4. In Letter 8, what does Abelard say women tend to stray toward?

5. Where does God look for virtue, according to Heloise?

(see the answer key)

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