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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. How does Heloise describe Abelard's situation?
(a) She says he is forgiven in her eyes and so should no longer suffer.
(b) She says he should suffer until death.
(c) She says he has paid the price with his castration.
(d) She says he will never be finished expiating his crime.

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

3. Who else does Heloise say was affected by Abelard's letter?
(a) Her father.
(b) God.
(c) His abbot.
(d) The nuns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Heloise say commanded her to be a nun?

2. What does Heloise tell Abelard she will do for him?

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

4. What does Abelard say is a danger to Heloise's body?

5. In Letter 4, what does Heloise say her feelings are in response to Abelard's letter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Heloise say about the men who call her chaste?

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

4. What intercession does the author of Letter 9 want to make?

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

6. Who was Anselm of Laon and how did he figure in Abelard's career?

7. What does Heloise say she did on Abelard's sake?

8. What does Heloise say about virtue?

9. What does Abelard say about the Cumean Sibyl?

10. What promise does Peter the Venerable make to Heloise in his last letter?

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