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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Heloise arguing in Letter 6?

2. What was the thing based on that Heloise asked Abelard to give her?

3. What does Abelard mean to indicate by the example of the Sibyl's prophecies?

4. For what does Abelard ask Heloise at the end of Letter 7?

5. What request of Heloise's does Abelard fail to fulfill in Letter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Make an annotated map of the places where Abelard and Heloise's story unfolded, including Abelard's late travels. What does the map show us about the story? How did the landscape and geography affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

What does The Letters of Abelard and Heloise tell us about being male or female? How does the text represent masculinity and femininity? What are the roles appropriate to either gender? How do Abelard and Heloise define the differences? Where do they overlap?

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