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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1, Magnetic North.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?
(a) The house he lived in.
(b) It was in France.
(c) It was laid out in a circular shape in the 13th century.
(d) The people he met there.
2. Who is Bob Lax?
(a) A friend of Aunt Maude's from childhood.
(b) A friend of Merton's who eventually becomes a Catholic.
(c) A friend of Merton's father who was a musician.
(d) A Catholic man who leads Merton to the faith.
3. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?
(a) They are extremely poor.
(b) They are cultured and refined.
(c) They are socially inferior.
(d) The are vulgar, mean, and pitiless.
4. What class does Merton say is the best he ever took at college?
(a) A comparative religion class.
(b) A Shakespeare class.
(c) A physical education class.
(d) A philosophy class.
5. What philosophy does Merton explore while at the university?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Catholicism.
Short Answer Questions
1. What encouraged Merton to take another step toward religion in Part 1, Chapter 3?
2. What is aseitas?
3. What does Merton neglect to mention to the abbot?
4. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?
5. How does Merton feel about Catholicism when he first goes to the university?
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