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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 3, The Sleeping Volcano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who put Merton on the academic path to Cambridge University?
(a) F.C. Doherty.
(b) Uncle Ben.
(c) Aunt Maude.
(d) Owen Merton.

2. What, in Part 2, Chapter 2, causes Merton to feel enthusiastic?
(a) Learning Latin.
(b) Playing sports.
(c) Going to confession.
(d) Writing poems.

3. What does Merton say in Part 2, Chapter 2, will not save his mind from its state of sin?
(a) Learning about philosophy.
(b) Summers in the country.
(c) Occasional trips to church.
(d) A trip to the hospital.

4. Who does Merton blame for the war, besides Hitler?
(a) The French people.
(b) His father.
(c) His professors.
(d) Himself.

5. What does Merton do during the summer he returned to New York after a trip to Rome?
(a) He immediately visits his Aunt Maude.
(b) He prepares for a diplomatic career.
(c) He begins going to bars and burlesques.
(d) He continues his religious explorations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Pop tell Merton while Owen was ill?

3. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?

4. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?

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

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