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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter the Venerable say he admires?

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

3. What does Abelard say life becomes in poverty?

4. Who does Abelard cite as an example of someone devout in the church?

5. What does Peter the Venerable say is his estimation of Abelard?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of the outside world on the story of Abelard and Heloise? Where does it figure in their letters, and how does it affect their story? How does French monastic and political history appear to us through the lens of these letters?

Essay Topic 2

Define the role of class status in The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. In what ways does Abelard and Heloise's class status affect their story? How would this story be different if they were poor from the outset?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the letters between Abelard and Heloise and describe the degree to which Abelard and Heloise are French. What constitutes their Frenchness? Where is the site of their strongest identification? How do they express their relation to territory?

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