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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard say in Letter 5 that he hopes to avoid?
(a) Begging for mercy.
(b) Further punishment.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Forgiveness.

2. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?
(a) Whether his sin was responsible for his suffering.
(b) What will constitute justice, in his situation.
(c) How long his penance should last.
(d) How much she has served him.

3. To what does Abelard return in his third letter to Heloise?
(a) Asking her for help.
(b) Asking for her whereabouts.
(c) Asking for her forgiveness.
(d) Asking her to pray for him.

4. What does Abelard ask Heloise to do if he is killed?
(a) Bless him.
(b) Cremate him.
(c) Embalm him.
(d) Bury him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Heloise say, in Letter 4, she cannot find?

2. What does Abelard remind Heloise he did when she was pregnant?

3. What does Abelard say is the cause of his feeling?

4. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?

5. What does Heloise demand from Abelard?

(see the answer key)

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