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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, The Children in the Market Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Merton attend school in England while with his aunt?
(a) Ripley Court.
(b) He was home-schooled.
(c) A church school.
(d) Eton.

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

3. What authors have a particular effect on Merton at university?
(a) Chesterton and Snow.
(b) Woolf and James.
(c) Freud and Jung.
(d) Joyce and Eliot.

4. How did Merton view his childhood?
(a) He thought it was like everyone else's.
(b) He hated living in Europe.
(c) He felt it was odd.
(d) He worried about having a home.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?

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

4. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?

5. How does Merton describe his parents?

(see the answer key)

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