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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Heloise open her first letter to Abelard?
(a) By saying that she saw a letter her father was going to send to his henchmen.
(b) By saying that she saw a letter her father had written to the abbot.
(c) By saying that she saw a letter the abbot was going to send to Abelard.
(d) By saying that she saw a letter he had written to a friend.

3. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?
(a) Delight.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Misery.
(d) Relief.

4. To whom did Abelard write the first letter?
(a) Heloise.
(b) His father.
(c) A friend.
(d) Heloise's father.

5. Why did Abelard originally send Heloise away?
(a) To avoid the disgrace of a hasty marriage.
(b) To let her recover from illness.
(c) To sequester her away from suitors.
(d) To hide her pregnancy.

6. What does Heloise say is Abelard's relation with her now?
(a) He owes her an enormous debt.
(b) He has to redeem her.
(c) She owes him an enormous debt.
(d) She has to redeem him.

7. What enables Abelard to return to Paris?
(a) William of Champeaux invited him back.
(b) Anselm of Canterbury offered him his chair in the university.
(c) William of Champeaux offered him his chair at the university.
(d) William of Champeaux's reputation was in decline.

8. What does Heloise tell Abelard she will do for him?
(a) Repay her father's men for what they did.
(b) Repay him in love for what he has lost.
(c) Find him at his monastery.
(d) Whatever he asks.

9. What does Abelard say Heloise should focus on entirely?
(a) Making things right with her father.
(b) The arrogance of their actions.
(c) The salvation of his soul.
(d) The salvation of her soul.

10. How, in Letter 5, does Abelard say Heloise should see him now?
(a) As her saint.
(b) As her deliverer.
(c) As her enemy.
(d) As her partner in guilt and grace.

11. What were the contents of the letter Heloise saw?
(a) Heloise's mother asking her husband to be lenient on Abelard.
(b) Heloise's father asking the authorities to punish Abelard.
(c) Abelard lamenting his and Heloise's plight.
(d) Heloise's father asking his men to take revenge.

12. 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.

13. What does Heloise say men say about her?
(a) That she is the most miserable of women.
(b) That she is a hypocrite.
(c) That she is chaste.
(d) That she is the most fortunate of women.

14. What does Heloise say Abelard should not have done for her sake?
(a) Sent her away.
(b) Married her.
(c) Taken up scriptural studies.
(d) Left philosophy.

15. What does Heloise say she feels in Abelard's absence?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Content.
(c) Hopeless.
(d) Uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abelard say he wants others' prayers to help him avoid?

2. Where does Heloise say her happiness will come from now?

3. Who was Abelard's second enemy in the university system?

4. How did Abelard seduce Heloise?

5. Where was Abelard born?

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