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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lessens Merton's fear of Catholicism?
(a) Reading a book he bought by accident in New York.
(b) Meeting a Catholic in Scribner's.
(c) Reading a book given to him by a professor.
(d) Buying a college philosophy textbook.

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

3. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?
(a) He wanted Merton to do well in school
(b) He asked Merton to pray for him.
(c) He asked Merton to take care of John Paul.
(d) He wanted Merton to come with him to London.

4. When was Merton baptized?
(a) December, 1940.
(b) September, 1937.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) January, 1940.

5. What do the Columbia Review and the Spectator have in common?
(a) They are publications that represented failure to Merton.
(b) They are magazines that Pop wrote for.
(c) They are magazines Merton disliked.
(d) They are both student publications Merton was involved with.

6. Of which place in St. Antonin does Merton have unpleasant memories?
(a) The church.
(b) The Lycee.
(c) The museum.
(d) The countryside.

7. Who visited Merton in St. Antonin?
(a) His mother.
(b) Pop and Bonnemaman.
(c) John Paul and Owen.
(d) His brother.

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

9. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His teachers.
(d) His father.

10. What revelation did Merton have when attending his first Mass?
(a) That he did not feel out of place there.
(b) That many people at the church liked him.
(c) That many people came to Mass.
(d) That many ordinary people were more conscious of God than of each other.

11. What did Merton's parents do for a living?
(a) They were artists.
(b) They ran a travel bureau.
(c) They were farmers.
(d) They operated a grocery store.

12. Why does Owen Merton travel so frequently?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He paints landscapes all over the world.
(c) He visits relatives.
(d) He is looking for a job.

13. Where was Merton's father born?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Long Island, New York.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

14. What does Merton admire about Mark Van Doren?
(a) His many girlfriends.
(b) His teaching.
(c) His sports ability.
(d) His contemplative ability.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Merton's brother born?

2. How did Merton's parents foster his love for the monastic life?

3. With whom does Merton stay in England?

4. Where are the student publications at the university housed?

5. How does Merton describe his athletic endeavors?

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