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

2. Where is Olean?
(a) Southern France.
(b) Upstate New York.
(c) Western Canada.
(d) Kentucky.

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

4. What analogy does Merton make in Part 2, Chapter 2, to describe his spiritual state?
(a) He describes his mind as a polluted river.
(b) He talks about his life as a monastery.
(c) He describes the state of his mind as similar to a hermitage.
(d) He likens his state to that of a hospital patient who has survived an operation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Merton's father receive medical treatment for his cancer?

2. Which saint becomes important to Merton when he receives the Baronness' advice?

3. What does Merton do during the summer he returned to New York after a trip to Rome?

4. What is Friendship House?

5. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?

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