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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Heloise say are her feelings toward God?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Indignation.
(d) Irritation.

2. What does Abelard ask Heloise to consider?
(a) The power of virtuous men.
(b) The power of prayer.
(c) The inevitability of justice.
(d) The inevitability of suffering.

3. What does Abelard say Heloise deserves?
(a) Honor.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Tribute.
(d) Disdain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Abelard say that Heloise deserves praise?

2. What does Heloise say men say about her?

3. What are Heloise's feelings at losing Abelard?

4. Heloise says that consolation shared is what?

5. What does Heloise say was her and Abelard's sin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasioned Heloise's letter to Abelard?

2. What does Abelard remind Heloise of in Letter 5?

3. Describe what Fulbert's family did to Abelard.

4. What does Heloise say about answering Abelard's requests of her?

5. What is Heloise's response to Peter the Venerable?

6. In Letter 7, what examples of women in the church does Abelard use from antiquity?

7. What does Heloise say about virtue?

8. What does Abelard beg Heloise for in Letter 3?

9. What does Heloise say about her burdens in Letter 6?

10. What does Abelard ask Heloise to stop doing in the future?

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