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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 8, Abelard to Heloise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abelard rely on in providing a rule for the lives of the nuns at Paraclete?
(a) Ancient practices.
(b) Scripture.
(c) Different religions' monastic practices.
(d) His monastery's practices.

2. In Letter 4, for what does Heloise say she is grateful?
(a) That the tempter did not get her to do wrong.
(b) That Abelard is still alive to be her companion.
(c) That she still has her eyes to see the world.
(d) That she is still there to comfort him.

3. What did the woman do, whom Abelard cited in Letter 7?
(a) Anointed Christ with oil.
(b) Prepared for the Last Supper.
(c) Discovered Christ's empty tomb.
(d) Took Christ down from the cross.

4. What is continence, as mentioned in Letter 8?
(a) Modesty.
(b) Restraint.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Travel.

5. What does Heloise say was her and Abelard's sin?
(a) Fornication.
(b) Sacrilege.
(c) Apostasy.
(d) Disobedience.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does God view virtue in pagans, according to Abelard in Letter 7?

2. What does Abelard affirm to Heloise?

3. What provision does Heloise ask Abelard to include in what he makes for her?

4. Why did Abelard's teacher come to dislike him?

5. In Letter 6, what does Heloise ask Abelard to do for her?

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