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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 2, Heloise to Abelard.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?
(a) God alone.
(b) Self-renunciation.
(c) Abelard alone.
(d) Duty.

3. What does Heloise remind Abelard of?
(a) How he was brave in the face of her father's disapproval.
(b) How she resisted his requests to marry.
(c) How she resisted his advances.
(d) How he resisted her requests to marry.

4. What does Heloise tell Abelard she will do for him?
(a) Whatever he asks.
(b) Find him at his monastery.
(c) Repay him in love for what he has lost.
(d) Repay her father's men for what they did.

5. What are Heloise's feelings at losing Abelard?
(a) Mixed relief and sadness.
(b) Outrage and despair.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Great sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abelard do with his inheritance?

2. In what way does Heloise pretend in her first letter to Abelard?

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard in her first letter?

4. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

5. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?

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