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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities must distinguish an Abbess, in Abelard's opinion?
(a) Lifelong chastity.
(b) Learning and teaching.
(c) Broad life experience.
(d) Management experience.

2. In Letter 6, what does Heloise ask Abelard to do for her?
(a) Write down the history of her misfortunes.
(b) Lay out acts of devotion for her to perform.
(c) Free her from the convent.
(d) Proscribe rules for her convent.

3. What does Peter the Venerable say is his estimation of Abelard?
(a) Truly a great man.
(b) A skilled manager.
(c) A brilliant religious thinker.
(d) An effective bureaucrat.

4. How are things distributed in poverty, according to Abelard?
(a) According to power.
(b) According to deserving.
(c) According to right.
(d) According to need.

5. Whom does Abelard say Jesus honored?
(a) Widows.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Virgins.
(d) Serving women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sender of Letter 9 ask from his correspondent?

2. Where did Abelard go after the exchange he had with the sender of Letter 9?

3. What else did Abelard do right before he died?

4. Why aren't outward manifestations reliable in indicating devotion, according to Heloise?

5. What did Abelard do right before he died?

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