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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 motivated him to tell Heloise the things that filled her with despair?
(a) Desire for God's forgiveness.
(b) Desire to fill her soul with awe and desire for repentance.
(c) Desire to share in suffering out of love.
(d) Desire to educate her about man's wicked ways.

2. What does Heloise doubt about Abelard?
(a) Whether his words were honest.
(b) Whether he was prepared to take care of her.
(c) What drew him to her.
(d) Whether he wanted her for himself or for another.

3. How does Heloise describe her and Abelard's story?
(a) Tragic and unbearable.
(b) Sad and moving.
(c) Moral and instructive.
(d) Appalling and outrageous.

4. How does Abelard answer Heloise's second letter in Letter 5?
(a) Indirectly.
(b) Impressionistically.
(c) In roundabout fashion.
(d) Point by point.

5. How does Heloise describe herself to Abelard?
(a) The most wretched of women.
(b) The most hypocritical woman.
(c) The most irreligious woman.
(d) The luckiest of women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Heloise say are her feelings toward God?

3. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

4. What condition did Abelard impose on his marriage with Heloise?

5. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?

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