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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. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?
(a) By saying that she saw a letter her father was going to send to his henchmen.
(b) By saying that she saw a letter the abbot was going to send to Abelard.
(c) By saying that she saw a letter he had written to a friend.
(d) By saying that she saw a letter her father had written to the abbot.

2. What was Abelard and Heloise's son named?
(a) Christian.
(b) Norman.
(c) Anselm.
(d) Astralabe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?

2. Where was Abelard born?

3. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?

4. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?

5. To what does Abelard return in his third letter to Heloise?

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