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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?
(a) They are socially inferior.
(b) They are cultured and refined.
(c) The are vulgar, mean, and pitiless.
(d) They are extremely poor.

2. Who is Owen Merton?
(a) Thomas Merton's grandfather.
(b) Thomas Merton's father.
(c) Thomas Merton's brother.
(d) Thomas Merton's uncle.

3. How does Merton describe his mother?
(a) She was a divorced woman.
(b) She was a British artist.
(c) She was an American perfectionist.
(d) She was an American pessimist.

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

5. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?
(a) Pop allowed the 15-year-old Merton to smoke a cigarette.
(b) He allowed him to visit his father alone.
(c) He allowed him to enjoy luxury travel.
(d) He allowed him to drive his car.

6. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?
(a) Merton dislikes his father's job.
(b) Merton wants to be a perfectionist like him.
(c) Merton's father is his hero.
(d) Merton is critical of his behavior.

7. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?
(a) The caretakers of the Lycee.
(b) The owners of Merton's favorite restaurant.
(c) A couple Merton lives with in St. Antonin.
(d) A Catholic couple with whom Merton boards in Murat.

8. What, in Part 1, Chapter 4, is noticeably lacking the Merton's autobiography?
(a) A description of his travels.
(b) The names of his family members.
(c) His feelings about religion.
(d) The names of his girlfriends.

9. When does Bonnemaman die?
(a) Fall of 1936.
(b) Summer of 1936.
(c) Fall of 1937.
(d) Summer of 1937.

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

11. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?
(a) Gregorian chant
(b) Beethoven symphonies
(c) The jazz of Duke Ellington
(d) Violin concertos

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

13. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?
(a) The medical profession.
(b) The British diplomatic service.
(c) The teaching profession.
(d) The priesthood.

14. What was the name of the school Merton attended in 1929?
(a) Durston House.
(b) Ripley Court.
(c) The Lycee.
(d) Oakham.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Thomas Merton born?

3. What does Merton admire about Mark Van Doren?

4. What error does Merton think Protestants commit?

5. What does Merton see as his future occupation in England?

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