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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 4, The Sweet Savor of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words best describe Merton at the university?
(a) Intellectual and contemplative.
(b) Romantic and in love.
(c) Religious and non-political.
(d) Athletic and social.

2. What does Merton write in his draft papers?
(a) That he is ready to fight the enemy.
(b) That he won't go into the military because he is religious.
(c) That he must receive a teaching exemption.
(d) That he can't argue there is no just war.

3. What narrative convention does Merton use repeatedly in this book?
(a) He writes long reveries that arise from his imagination.
(b) He writes long historical passages to set the stage for action.
(c) He provides detailed and accurately recorded conversations with priests.
(d) He links every current event to a childhood experience.

4. What important event occurs while Merton is in Olean?
(a) The U.S. goes to war.
(b) World War II begins in Europe.
(c) Merton's friends join the Navy.
(d) Merton is drafted into the military.

5. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?
(a) He sang loudly in a bar.
(b) He made Merton sit in the corner at dinner.
(c) He disciplined Merton in public.
(d) He threw money at the French people from his car window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was his father building in St. Antonin?

2. Who put Merton on the academic path to Cambridge University?

3. What is one of the last things mentioned in Chapter 4 of Part 1?

4. Where does Merton meet Bob Lax?

5. When did Merton first talk with Father Edmund about becoming a priest?

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