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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sin does Abelard remind Heloise of?
(a) Getting married in secret.
(b) Making love at the refectory.
(c) Enjoying their lovemaking.
(d) Falling in love before being married.

2. What else does Abelard ask Heloise to do pray for?
(a) Never to forget.
(b) To forget him.
(c) Freedom from pain.
(d) Faith to see her through.

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

4. Where does Abelard ask Heloise to take his body if he dies?
(a) Paris.
(b) St. Denis.
(c) Argenteuil.
(d) Paraclete.

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

6. What condition did Abelard impose on his marriage with Heloise?
(a) That it take place immediately.
(b) That it take place in secret.
(c) That it not take place for two years.
(d) That it be a large celebration.

7. What explanation does Abelard offer for his action?
(a) He did not want to make her suffer.
(b) He wanted to put the past behind him.
(c) He thought she could not love him now.
(d) He thought their time together was over.

8. What does Heloise say she has sought out for Abelard?
(a) His due.
(b) Justice.
(c) Revenge.
(d) His glory.

9. What does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?
(a) Whether they ought to see each other again.
(b) What he owes her.
(c) What she can do for him.
(d) What her father can do for them.

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

11. To what does Abelard refer her as proof of what he says?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Ordinary experience.
(c) His letter.
(d) Her childhood.

12. For what does Abelard ask Heloise to pray?
(a) Death.
(b) Justice.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Forgiveness.

13. What does Abelard say he will do to Heloise in Letter 5?
(a) Enlighten her.
(b) Encourage her.
(c) Disappoint her.
(d) Pray for her.

14. What did Abelard feel about his castration?
(a) It destroyed him.
(b) It was Fulbert's right.
(c) It was a reprisal for the evil he'd done.
(d) It was an outrage against his humanity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How, in Letter 5, does Abelard say Heloise should see him now?

2. Why does Abelard say that Heloise deserves praise?

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

4. What does Heloise say about herself?

5. What else does Heloise ask Abelard to think about?

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