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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1, With a Great Price.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Merton go to class with the younger French children?
(a) He needs to change his attitude.
(b) He teaches them American games.
(c) He must learn the French language.
(d) He disciplines them.

2. What keeps Merton from athletic participation?
(a) The pain of being compared to his father.
(b) The struggle and pain associated with practice.
(c) The fear of being on the losing side.
(d) A concern about physical injury.

3. What is Merton silent about in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) His love affair at the university.
(b) Details of his sins.
(c) The names of his favorite writers.
(d) The people he lives with.

4. What encouraged Merton to take another step toward religion in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) His friend Andrew at Cambridge.
(b) The frescoes he saw in ancient cathedrals.
(c) The death of his father.
(d) Praying for Aunt Maude.

5. Where does Merton meet Bob Lax?
(a) In a bar in New York City.
(b) At a student meeting.
(c) At Zion Church.
(d) In a class at the university.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lessens Merton's fear of Catholicism?

2. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?

3. Where was Thomas Merton born?

4. What error does Merton think Protestants commit?

5. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?

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