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

2. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?
(a) The basis of love.
(b) Consolation eased.
(c) Consolation doubled.
(d) All the consolation there is.

3. What was the status of Abelard's father?
(a) Preacher.
(b) Knight.
(c) Professor.
(d) Merchant.

4. What should people focus on, according to Abelard in Letter 8?
(a) Giving lay people an example.
(b) Submitting to God.
(c) Bringing the Messiah.
(d) Purifying the race of its spiritual flaws.

5. What qualities must distinguish an Abbess, in Abelard's opinion?
(a) Broad life experience.
(b) Management experience.
(c) Learning and teaching.
(d) Lifelong chastity.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?

4. Where is weakness taken into account, according to Heloise?

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

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