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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What behavior characterizes Merton's life while he is teaching?
(a) He schedules his life as if he were a monk in a monastery.
(b) He tells everyone he knows that he wants to be a priest.
(c) He no longer prays daily.
(d) He works during the day and goes to bars at night.

2. What does Merton neglect to mention to the abbot?
(a) His travels to Rome.
(b) The sins of his past.
(c) His philosophical doubts.
(d) His academic ranking at the university.

3. Where does Merton first apply for a novitiate?
(a) A monastery in Rome.
(b) A monastery in Pennsylvania.
(c) The monastery of Zion Church.
(d) The monastery of St. Francis of Assisi.

4. What is Our Lady of Gethsemani?
(a) A church in New York.
(b) A statue in a church.
(c) A monastery in Ohio.
(d) A monastery in Kentucky.

5. Why does Merton not enter the military draft?
(a) He fails the physical because of his stomach problems.
(b) He fails the physical because of his teeth.
(c) He fails the physical because of his poor eyesight.
(d) He fails the physical because he has flat feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Merton register for the draft as a conscientious objector?

2. What details of war make Merton uncomfortable?

3. What do Merton and his friends do in Olean?

4. What country does Merton visit while waiting to enter the novitiate?

5. What analogy does Merton make in Part 2, Chapter 2, to describe his spiritual state?

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