Peter Abelard's Colorful Life Included All of the Following EXCEPT

question 35

Multiple Choice

Peter Abelard's colorful life included all of the following EXCEPT

• A)an affair with his student Héloise who as a result entered a convent after giving birth to their child.
• B)castration on the orders of Canon Fulbert.
• C)a position as teacher of theology at the Cathedral School of Notre Dame.
• D)execution as a heretic.
• E)condemnation by the Church and confinement in a monastery.

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Definitions:

Tragedy

Tragedy is a genre of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner.

Perspective

A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Absurd

Unreasonable, irrational, without meaning. Albert Camus uses the term “the absurd” to refer to “the confrontation of reasonable man and an indifferent universe,” a world that seems unresponsive to our demands for justice and meaningfulness.

Expectations

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