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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1, Magnetic North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pray for him.
(c) He asked Merton to take care of John Paul.
(d) He wanted Merton to do well in school

2. When did Merton first talk with Father Edmund about becoming a priest?
(a) December, 1939.
(b) September, 1939.
(c) September, 1950.
(d) January, 1940.

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

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

5. Who does Merton talk to when he first starts to tell people he wants to be a priest?
(a) Mark Van Doren.
(b) Ed Rice.
(c) Dan Walsh.
(d) Robert Lax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?

2. What is one of the last things mentioned in Chapter 4 of Part 1?

3. What religious rule do the monks follow at Gethsemani?

4. When was Merton baptized?

5. What does Merton think of Father Edmund's recommendation to apply to the order in August of 1940?

(see the answer key)

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