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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 7, Abelard to Heloise.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Heloise argue for special dispensations?
(a) Monastic life was designed for ascetics, not for everyone.
(b) Not everyone can emulate the sufferings of Christ the same way.
(c) She does not want certain nuns to be sent away from the convent.
(d) Monastic life should not be imposed on people who will only fail at it.
2. Where was Abelard born?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Le Pallet.
(c) Paris.
(d) Nantes.
3. What does Heloise say she feels in Abelard's absence?
(a) Content.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Uncomfortable.
4. Where does Heloise find justification for what she asks Abelard in Letter 6?
(a) Convent practice.
(b) Papal dispensations.
(c) Scripture.
(d) The Rule of the Saints.
5. What does Abelard say was honored by St. Paul and St. Jerome?
(a) Virginity
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Motherhood
(d) Widowhood.
Short Answer Questions
1. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?
2. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?
3. What does Abelard remind Heloise he did when she was pregnant?
4. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?
5. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?
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